ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010

OR

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from
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001-33071

(Commission File Number)

EHEALTH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

56-2357876

(State of incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

440 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA 94043

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 584-2700

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)

Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

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Act. YES ¨ NO x

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Act. YES ¨ NO x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. YES x NO ¨

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files). YES ¨ NO ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
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one):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). YES ¨ NO x

Based on the closing price of the registrants common stock on the last business day of the registrants most recently completed
second fiscal quarter, which was June 30, 2010, the aggregate market value of its shares (based on a closing price of $11.37 per share) held by non-affiliates was $178,350,741. Shares of the registrants common stock held by each executive
officer and director and by each entity or person that owned 5 percent or more of the registrants outstanding common stock were excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not
necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

As of February 28, 2011, 21,349,017 shares of the
registrants common stock were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the registrants Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be filed
within 120 days after the Companys fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the extent stated herein.

In addition to historical information, this Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements include, among other things, statements concerning impact of the PlanPrescriber acquisition on our growth in the Medicare market; plans to market and license our ecommerce technology to state
exchanges and our competitors in this business; timing and impact of medical loss ratio regulations and commission rate changes; elements of our strategy; the impact of health care reform laws on the health insurance industry and on our business;
expenditures related to the development of our business; our projections relating to future revenue growth and earnings per share; factors impacting the success of our Medicare business; our expectation that our marketing and advertising expenses
will decrease in absolute dollars in 2011; reduction of our cost of acquiring new members; our continuing to enter into relationships with marketing partners in China; expansion into new business areas and additional geographic regions; our
utilization of certain tax benefits and the related impact on our financial statements and our cash outlay for taxes for 2011; our expectations and projections relating to our commission rates and other carrier supported programs; our expectation
that commission revenue will decrease in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue in 2011; our expectation that other revenue will increase in absolute dollars and as a percentage of revenue in 2011; our expectation that our cost of revenue
will increase in absolute dollars; our expectation that our customer care and enrollment, technology and content and general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars in 2011; estimates relating to critical accounting policies
and related impact on our financial statements; our expectation that stock based compensation will increase; the sufficiency of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities; future capital requirements; our potential for collection issues
with any of our customers; expectations regarding our future effective tax rate; as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition, prospects and business strategies. These forward-looking statements are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those
discussed in this report, and in particular, the risks discussed under the heading Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A of this report and those discussed in our other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The following discussion
should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained therein that appear elsewhere in this report. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these
forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

General

We are the leading online source of health insurance for
individuals, families and small businesses. Through our website addresses (www.eHealth.com, www.eHealthInsurance.com, www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com), consumers can get quotes from leading health
insurance carriers, compare plans side by side, and apply for and purchase individual and family, small business, short-term, ancillary and Medicare-related health insurance plans. Our ecommerce technology also enables us to deliver consumers
health insurance applications electronically to health insurance carriers. As a result, we simplify and streamline the complex and traditionally paper-intensive health insurance sales and purchasing process.

We have invested heavily in technology and content related to our ecommerce platform. We have also invested significant time and
resources in obtaining licenses to sell health insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, developing diverse member acquisition programs and establishing relationships with over 180 leading insurance carriers, enabling us to offer
thousands of health insurance plans online. Our ecommerce platform can be accessed directly through our website as well as through our network of marketing partners.

In April 2010, we acquired PlanPrescriber, Inc. (PlanPrescriber, formerly Experion Systems, Inc.), a privately-held company. PlanPrescriber is a leading provider of online tools to help
seniors navigate Medicare health insurance options.

We were incorporated in Delaware in November 1997. Our headquarters are located at 440 East
Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043, and our telephone number is (650) 584-2700. Our corporate internet website addresses are www.ehealth.com and www.ehealthinsurance.com. We make our annual reports on
Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports, available free of charge on the Investor Relations page of our web site as soon as reasonably practicable after we file these
reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information on or that can be accessed through our websites is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Further, a copy of this Annual Report on Form 10-K is located at the
SECs Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room can be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding our filings at http://www.sec.gov.

Our
Business Model

Individual, Family and Small Business Health Insurance Plans

We generate revenue primarily from commissions we receive from health insurance carriers whose individual, family and small business
policies are purchased through our ecommerce platform. The commission payments we receive are typically a percentage of the premium on an individual, family or small business health insurance policy that we sold and are made to us on a monthly basis
for as long as a policy remains active with us. As a result, much of our revenue for a given financial reporting period relates to policies that we sold prior to the beginning of the period and is recurring in nature. Additionally, health insurance
pricing, which is set by the health insurance carrier and approved by state regulators, is not subject to negotiation or discounting by health insurance carriers or our competitors.

Medicare Health Insurance Plans

We began actively marketing the availability of Medicare related insurance plans during 2010 through our online Medicare plan platforms (www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com).
These platforms enable consumers to research and compare Medicare-related insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business is
primarily referral fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms that are delivered and sold to third parties. In 2010 we also launched online application capabilities for certain Medicare plans, and telephonic enrollment
capabilities through our new customer care center in Salt Lake City, Utah. To the extent that we assist in the sale of Medicare-related insurance plans as a health insurance agent, we generate revenue from commissions we receive from health
insurance carriers.

Technology Licensing

We also derive revenue from licensing the use of our health insurance ecommerce technology. Our technology platform enables health insurance carriers and agents to market and distribute health insurance
plans online. Health insurance carriers or agents that license our technology typically pay us implementation fees and performance-based fees that are based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications. We also recently began to
license our ecommerce technology for use by government agencies and intend to market it to states implementing health insurance exchanges as a result of health care reform legislation. In our government technology licensing business, we may earn a
combination of fixed license fees and time- and materials-based fees or we may be paid performance-based fees.

Online
Sponsorship and Advertising

We also derive revenue from our online sponsorship advertising program that allows carriers
to purchase advertising space in specific markets in a sponsorship area on our website. In return, we are typically paid a monthly fee and a performance-based fee based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications.

The purchase and sale of health insurance has historically been a complex, time-consuming and paper-intensive process. This complexity can make it difficult to make informed health insurance decisions. In
addition, the human error that arises from traditional paper-intensive distribution has historically resulted in a high number of incomplete and inaccurate applications being submitted to health insurance carriers. Incomplete and inaccurate paper
applications often result in back-and-forth communications, delay and additional cost. The Internets convenient, information-rich and interactive nature offers the opportunity to provide consumers with more organized information, a broader
choice of plans and a more efficient process than have typically been available from traditional health insurance distribution channels.

Individual, family and small business health insurance has historically been sold by independent insurance agents and, to a lesser degree, directly by insurance companies. Most of these agents are
self-employed or part of small agencies, and they typically service only their local communities. In addition, many of these agents sell health insurance from a limited number of insurance carriers (in some cases only one), resulting in a
reduced selection of plans for the consumer.

Medicare is a federal program that provides persons sixty-five years of age and
over, and some persons under the age of sixty-five with certain conditions, with hospital and medical insurance benefits. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
administers this original Medicare program. CMS also contracts with private health insurance carriers under the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs for these health insurance carriers to provide health insurance and
prescription drug benefits to Medicare eligible individuals. Medicare Advantage plans replace original Medicare. Medicare Part D prescription drug plans provide prescription drug coverage that original Medicare does not provide. In addition, health
insurance carriers offer Medicare Supplement health insurance plans, which help to pay health care costs not covered through original Medicare. Medicare-related insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D
prescription drug plans, are typically marketed and sold by insurance carriers, also known as plan sponsors, through a combination of dedicated internal sales representatives and licensed independent brokers and agents. CMS also offers plan
information, comparison tools, call centers and online enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

Recent Developments

In
March 2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were signed into law. These health care reform laws contain provisions that have and will continue to
change the health insurance industry in substantial ways. Among several other provisions, they include a mandate requiring individuals to be insured or face tax penalties; a mandate that certain employers offer their employees group health insurance
coverage or face tax penalties; prohibitions against insurance companies using pre-existing health conditions as a reason to deny an application for health insurance; medical loss ratio requirements that require each health insurance carrier to
spend a certain percentage of their premium revenue on reimbursement for clinical services and activities that improve health care quality; establishment of state and/or federal health insurance exchanges to facilitate access to, and the purchase
of, health insurance; and subsidies and cost-sharing credits to make health insurance more affordable for those below certain income levels.

While many aspects of health care reform do not become effective until 2014, health insurance carriers are required to maintain medical loss ratios of eighty percent in their individual and family health
insurance business beginning in 2011. The implementation of the medical loss ratio requirements by insurance carriers has resulted in a reduction in the commission rates that we are paid as a result of our selling individual and family health
insurance plans. These reductions will begin to impact our individual and family health insurance plan commission-based revenue starting in 2011.

Our objective is to continue to strengthen our position as the leading online distribution platform for health insurance sold to individuals, families and small businesses and to enter new business areas
where this platform may be leveraged.

Key elements of our strategy are to:

Increase Our Brand Awareness. We believe that building greater awareness of our brand is critical for our continued growth. A
significant percentage of our website traffic is direct, and we intend to attempt to grow our direct website traffic by strengthening our brand awareness through a variety of marketing and public relations efforts.

Offer the Best Consumer Experience. We believe that providing the best consumer experience increases market adoption of our
services, builds our brand awareness, drives word-of-mouth referrals and improves our visitor-to-member conversion rates. We intend to continue to further develop an online experience that empowers consumers with the knowledge, choice and services
they need to select and purchase health insurance plans that best meet their needs.

Extend Our Technology
Leadership. We believe that our technology infrastructure and online platform give us a significant competitive advantage for the distribution of individual, family and small business health insurance. To extend our leadership position, we
plan to continue to enhance our platform and its key capabilities to increase functionality, reliability, scalability and performance.

Broaden Our Carrier Network and Product Portfolio. Our goal is to continue to add new health insurance carriers and health insurance plans to our ecommerce platform, including
plans for Medicare eligible individuals and plans for those who are not eligible for Medicare. We also seek to deepen our technology integration with health insurance carriers, allowing us to further streamline the sales, underwriting and member
fulfillment processes and increase revenue opportunities for us and health insurance carriers.

Grow Our Medicare
Plan Business. We believe that our technology can be used to streamline and simplify the Medicare plan purchasing process. We seek to enhance the technology behind our online Medicare platforms and further develop demand generation programs in
the Medicare market. We plan to continue selling Medicare leads that we generate to third parties and to sell Medicare plans ourselves both online and through our call centers.

Expand Our Technology Licensing Business. Our technology licensing business allows health insurance carriers to use our
ecommerce platform to market and sell their own health insurance plans on their websites. It also allows their agents to utilize our technology to power online quoting, content and application submission processes. We intend to attempt to further
penetrate the market for online sales solutions for health insurance carriers and their agents. Growth in this business will allow us to enter new markets and participate in business transacted in the traditional agent distribution channel.

Compete in the Government Exchange Market. The recently enacted federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and
related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act require the establishment of state health insurance exchanges by 2014 to, among other things, facilitate online access to and the purchase of health insurance. We intend to
compete for opportunities to license our technology platform that are presented by these requirements.

Diversify Our
Revenue. We plan to continue to diversify our revenue by entering into new business areas where our technology, experience and relationships can be leveraged.

Online Rate Quoting and Comprehensive Plan
Information. Our ecommerce platform instantly provides consumers online rate quotes and comprehensive plan benefit information from a large number of health insurance carriers. After entering a minimal amount of relevant information on our
website, such as zip code, gender, age, date of birth, smoker or non-smoker and student status, our platform allows consumers to instantly receive a list of applicable health insurance plans and rate and benefit information in an easy-to-understand
format. The consumer can sort through the quoted plans based on price, health insurance carrier, deductible amount, or search the list of quoted plans to obtain a subset based on certain consumer preferences.

Plan Comparison and Recommendations. We offer online comparison and recommendation tools that distill voluminous health
insurance information. Our ecommerce platform enables consumers to compare and contrast health insurance plans in a side-by-side format based on plan characteristics such as price, plan type, deductible amount, co-payment amount and in-network and
out-of-network benefits. To further assist consumers, our automated recommendation capability presents a short series of questions and recommends up to four health insurance plans based on the consumers input.

Online Application and Enrollment Forms. Health insurance applications vary widely by carrier and state. Our proprietary
graphical Application Designer Tool allows us to capture each applications unique business rules and build a corresponding online application in XML format. Our online application process offers our consumers significant improvements over the
traditional, paper-intensive application process. It employs dynamic business logic to help individuals and families complete application and enrollment forms correctly in real-time. This reduces delay resulting from application rework, a
significant problem with traditional health insurance distribution, where incomplete applications are mailed back and forth between the consumer, the traditional agent and the carrier. We further simplify the enrollment process by accepting
electronic signature and electronic payment from our consumers.

Electronic Processing Interchange. Our Electronic
Processing Interchange (EPI) technology integrates our online application process with health insurance carriers technology systems, enabling us to electronically deliver our consumers applications to health insurance
carriers. This expedites the application process by eliminating manual delivery and reducing the need for data entry and human review. Through EPI, we also receive alerts and data from carriers, such as notification of underwriting approval or a
request from a carrier for a consumers medical records for underwriting purposes, which we then relay electronically to the consumer. These features of our service help prevent applications from becoming delayed or rejected through inactivity
of the consumer or the carrier.

Back Office Systems. Our proprietary back office customer relationship management
system enables us to provide a full range of customer service tasks in an efficient, highly scalable and personalized manner. Using these tools, we can track each consumer throughout the application process, obtain real-time updates from the
carrier, generate automated emails specific to each consumer and access a cross-sell engine and dashboard to identify and track cross-sell opportunities. Our auto-email system is feature-rich with HTML capability, customizable merge tags, granular
segmentation and tracking capability.

We have developed partnerships with leading health insurance carriers in the United States, enabling us to offer thousands of health insurance plans online. As of December 31, 2010, we had
relationships with over 180 individual, family and small business health insurance carriers, including large national carriers and well-established regional carriers. We typically enter into contractual agency relationships with health insurance
carriers that are non-exclusive and terminable on short notice by either party for any reason. In addition, health insurance carriers often have the ability to amend our agreements unilaterally on short notice, including provisions in our agreements
relating to our commission rates. In some cases, the amendment or termination of the agreements we have with health insurance carriers may impact the commissions we are paid on health insurance plans that we have already sold. Revenue derived from
Aetna represented approximately 16% and 17% of our total revenue in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Revenue derived from carriers owned by WellPoint represented approximately 15% and 12% of our total revenue in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Revenue
derived from carriers owned by UnitedHealthcare represented approximately 14% of our total revenue in both 2009 and 2010. Each of these health insurance carriers may terminate our agreements with them and, in some cases, as a result of the
termination we may lose our right to receive commissions. In addition, many of our agreements with each of these health insurance carriers are generally amendable on short notice, including the provisions relating to our commission rates.

Marketing

We focus on building brand awareness, increasing website visitors and converting visitors into buyers. Our marketing initiatives are
varied and numerous. They include:

Online Advertising. Our online advertising member acquisition channel consists of consumers who access our
website through paid keyword search advertising from search engines such as Google, MSN and Yahoo!, as well as various Internet marketing programs such as banner advertising and email marketing.

Marketing Partners. Our marketing partner member acquisition channel consists of consumers who access our website through a
network of affiliate partners and financial services and other companies. We have established a pay-for-performance network, comprised of hundreds of partners that drive consumers to our ecommerce platform. These partners fall into three general
categories:

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Financial and online services partners in industries such as banking, insurance, mortgage and association partners.

Online advertisers and content providers that are specialists in paid and unpaid (algorithmic) search, as well as specialists in other types of
Internet marketing.

We generally compensate our marketing partners for their individual, family and small
business health insurance referrals based on the consumer submitting a health insurance application to us. If a marketing partner is licensed to sell health insurance, we may share a percentage of the commission revenue we earn from the health
insurance carrier for each member referred by that partner.

Technology and Content

We have a technology and content team consisting of 213 full-time employees as of December 31, 2010, of which 64 are located
domestically and 149 are located at our subsidiary in Xiamen, China. Our technology and content team is responsible for ongoing enhancements to the features and functionality of our ecommerce platform, which we believe are critical to maintaining
our technology leadership position in the industry.

We distribute health insurance plans in all 50 states and in the District of Columbia. The health insurance industry is heavily regulated.
Each of these jurisdictions has its own rules and regulations pertaining to the offer and sale of health insurance plans, typically administered by a department of insurance. State insurance departments have administrative powers relating to, among
other things: regulating premium prices; granting and revoking licenses to transact insurance business; approving individuals and entities to which, and circumstances under which, commissions can be paid; regulating advertising, marketing and trade
practices; monitoring broker and agent conduct; and imposing continuing education requirements. We are required to maintain valid life and/or health agency and/or agent licenses in each jurisdiction in which we transact health insurance business.

In addition to state regulations, we also are subject to regulations and guidelines issued by CMS that place a number of
requirements on health insurance carriers and agents and brokers in connection with the marketing and sale of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. We are subject to similar requirements of state insurance departments with
respect to our marketing and sale of Medicare Supplement plans. CMS and state insurance department regulations and guidelines include a number of prohibitions regarding the ability to contact Medicare eligible individuals and place many restrictions
on the marketing of Medicare plans. For example, our health insurance carrier partners are required to obtain CMS or state department of insurance approval of certain aspects of our platforms, call center scripts and other marketing materials used
to market Medicare plans. In addition, the laws and regulations applicable to the marketing and sale of Medicare plans are ambiguous, complex and, particularly with respect to regulations and guidance issued by CMS for Medicare Advantage and
Medicare Part D prescription drug plans, change frequently.

Intellectual Property

We rely on a combination of trademark, copyright and trade secret laws in the United States and other jurisdictions as well as
confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietary technology and our brand. Our eHealth and eHealthInsurance trademarks have reached incontestability status with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which means the
marks have been in use for over five years and, subject to certain limited exceptions, no third party can contest the validity of the marks or our ownership of them. We also have filed patent applications that relate to certain of our technology and
business processes.

Competition

The market for selling health insurance plans is highly competitive. We compete with entities and individuals that offer and sell health insurance plans utilizing traditional distribution channels as well
as the Internet. Our current or potential competitors include the tens of thousands of local insurance agents across the United States who sell health insurance plans in their communities. There are a number of agents that operate websites and
provide an online shopping experience for consumers interested in purchasing health insurance. Some local agents use lead aggregator services that use the Internet to find consumers interested in purchasing health insurance and are
compensated for referring those consumers to the traditional agent. Most online agents operate in only one or very few states, and some represent only one or a limited number of health insurance carriers. In addition to health insurance brokers and
agents, many health insurance carriers directly market and sell their plans to consumers through call centers and their own websites. Although we offer health insurance plans for many of these carriers, they also compete with us by offering their
plans directly to consumers. In connection with our marketing of Medicare plans, we compete with the original Medicare program. In addition, CMS offers plan information, comparison tools, call centers and online enrollment for Medicare Advantage and
Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

In licensing our health insurance purchasing platform, we compete with companies
providing technology that automates premium quoting, research and analysis of health insurance plans, member enrollment and other tools that support online sales efforts by health insurance carriers and their agents and brokers. We anticipate that
in licensing our technology to government entities we will compete with these entities as well as system integrators, software companies, employee benefit service providers, technology consulting companies and others that have experience providing
technology and services to federal or state governments.

The number of individual and family health insurance applications submitted through our ecommerce platform has generally increased in our first quarter compared to our fourth quarter and in our third
quarter compared to our second quarter. Conversely, we have generally experienced a decline or flattening of individual and family submitted applications in our second quarter compared to our first quarter and in our fourth quarter compared to our
third quarter. The reasons for these seasonal patterns are not entirely clear. Since a significant portion of our marketing and advertising expenses are driven by the number of health insurance applications submitted on our ecommerce platform, those
expenses are influenced by these seasonal patterns.

In our Medicare plan business, we generate the majority of leads and the
majority of referral fees that we are paid for selling these leads during the fourth quarter. We also incur a significant portion of our Medicare plan related marketing expenses during the fourth quarter. We may not be paid for a considerable
portion of the referral fees owed to us until the first quarter. This seasonality pattern results from the timing of the annual enrollment period when Medicare-eligible individuals can make changes to their Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D
prescription drug coverage for the following year.

As our business matures, other seasonality trends may develop and the
existing seasonality and consumer behavior that we experience may change.

Employees

As of December 31, 2010, we had 641 full-time employees, of which 55 were in marketing and advertising, 242 were in customer care and
enrollment, 213 were in technology and content and 131 were in general and administrative. None of our employees are represented by a labor union. We have not experienced any work stoppages and consider our employee relations to be good.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

In addition to other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the following risk factors should be carefully considered
in evaluating our business as they may have a significant impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and future prospects
could be materially and adversely affected. Because of the following factors, as well as other variables affecting our operating results, past financial performance should not be considered as a reliable indicator of future performance and investors
should not use historical trends to anticipate results or trends in future periods.

Risks Related to Our Business

Changes and developments in the structure of the health insurance system in the United States could harm our business.

Our business depends upon the private sector of the United States health insurance system, its relative role in
financing health care delivery and health insurance carriers use of, and payment of commissions to, agents and brokers to market individual and family health insurance plans. In March 2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were signed into law. These health care reform laws contain provisions that have and will continue to change the industry in which we operate in substantial ways. Among
several other provisions, they include a mandate requiring individuals to be insured or face tax penalties; a mandate that certain employers offer their employees group health insurance coverage or face tax penalties; requirements relating to
employer contribution to employee health coverage; prohibitions against insurance companies using pre-existing health conditions as a reason to deny an application for health insurance; prohibitions on rescission of health insurance; prohibitions on
lifetime limits; requirements for guaranteed renewability of health insurance plans; health insurance premium setting guidelines; limitations on deductibles and cost-sharing; medical loss ratio requirements that require each health insurance carrier
to spend a certain percentage of their premium revenue on reimbursement for clinical

services and activities that improve health care quality; minimum benefit levels for health insurance plans; establishment of state and/or federal health insurance exchanges to facilitate access
to, and the purchase of, health insurance; optional open enrollment periods for individual health insurance; assistance for member run health insurance issuers; creation of multi-state health insurance plans to be offered on the exchanges and with
oversight from the Office of Personnel Management; requirements for uniform disclosure relating to the costs and benefits of health insurance; government subsidized high risk pools; and subsidies and cost-sharing credits to make health insurance
more affordable for those below certain income levels. Many aspects of health care reform do not go into effect until 2014, although certain provisions currently are effective, such as medical loss ratio requirements for individual, family and small
business health insurance and a prohibition against insurance companies using pre-existing health conditions as a reason to deny the application of children for health insurance. Healthcare reform legislation requires various departments of the
executive branch to adopt regulations implementing its provisions. In addition, state governments have adopted, and will continue to adopt, changes to their existing laws and regulations in light of federal healthcare reform legislation and
regulations.

Challenges to the constitutionality of health care reform legislation have been initiated in the federal courts.
The challenges center upon the constitutionality of the mandate to purchase health insurance. Decisions on the issue have been inconsistent. These decisions will be appealed and it is impossible to predict the outcome of them.

The implementation of health care reform could increase our competition; reduce or eliminate the need for health insurance agents or
demand for the health insurance for individuals, families or small businesses that we sell; decrease the number of health insurance plans that we sell as well as the number of health insurance carriers offering them; cause health insurance carriers
to apply more rigorous underwriting standards (until provisions in health care reform legislation limiting underwriting go into effect in 2014) or change the benefits and/or premiums for the plans they sell; or cause health insurance carriers to
reduce the amount they pay for our services or change our relationship with them in other ways, any of which could materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition. For instance, the manner in which the federal government and
the states implement health insurance exchanges and the process for receiving subsidies and cost-sharing credits could substantially increase our competition and member turnover and substantially reduce the number of individuals, families and small
businesses that purchase insurance through us, which would materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Various aspects of health care reform could cause health insurance carriers to determine to limit the type of health
insurance plans we sell and the geographies in which we sell them. It also could cause health insurance carriers to exit the business of selling insurance plans in a particular jurisdiction, eliminate certain categories of products or attempt to
move members into new plans for which we receive lower commissions. If health insurance carriers determine to limit our ability to sell their plans or determine not to sell individual health insurance plans altogether, our business, operating
results and financial condition would be materially harmed.

We believe that consumer anticipation of health care reform and
confusion regarding its impact has already impacted demand for the health insurance plans we sell and that consumers have deferred applying for health insurance until the substance of health care reform becomes clearer to them. Should consumers
continue to do so, our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

The medical loss ratio
requirements that are a part of health care reform could harm our business.

The federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act enacted in March 2010 and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 contain provisions requiring health insurance carriers to maintain specified medical loss ratios. The medical loss ratio
requirements for both individual and family and small business health insurance are effective for calendar year 2011 and later years and, among other things, require health insurance companies to spend 80% of their premium revenue in each of their
individual and small group businesses on reimbursement for clinical services and activities that improve health care quality. The medical loss ratio requirement for Medicare Advantage plans is 85% and goes into effect in 2014. Carrier reaction to
the individual and family medical loss ratio requirements has been to significantly reduce the

commissions we receive in connection with the sale of these plans. These reductions will significantly impact our business and operating results beginning in 2011. If health insurance carriers
reduce or further reduce our commissions, including base commission rates or override commissions, in response to medical loss ratio requirements, or as a result of any other aspect of health care reform, our business, operating results and
financial condition would be harmed. In addition, the medical loss ratio requirements may cause certain health insurance carriers to limit the geographies in which they sell health insurance or exit certain markets altogether, place less reliance on
agents to distribute their plans, apply stricter underwriting standards (until provisions in health care reform registration limiting underwriting go into effect in 2014) or limit their health insurance offerings in any number of other ways, each of
which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. The implementation of medical loss ratio requirements also could cause health insurance carriers to reduce the amount they are willing to spend in connection with our
sponsorship and technology licensing businesses, which also could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our business may be harmed if we lose our relationship with health insurance carriers or our relationship with health insurance
carriers is modified.

We typically enter into contractual agency relationships with health insurance carriers that
are non-exclusive and terminable on short notice by either party for any reason. In many cases, health insurance carriers also may amend the terms of our agreements unilaterally on short notice. Carriers may be unwilling to allow us to sell their
existing or new health insurance plans, or desire to amend our agreements with them, for a variety of reasons, including for competitive or regulatory reasons, as a result of health care reform, as a result of a reluctance to distribute their plans
over the Internet or because they do not want to be associated with our brand. In the future, and as a result of health care reform or for other reasons, an increasing number of health insurance carriers may decide to rely on their own internal
distribution channels, including traditional in-house agents and carrier websites, to sell their own plans and, in turn, could limit or prohibit us from selling their plans on our ecommerce platform. For instance, carriers may choose to exclude us
from their most profitable or popular plans or may determine not to distribute insurance plans in the individual, family and small business markets in certain geographies or altogether. The termination or amendment of our relationship with a carrier
could reduce the variety of health insurance plans we offer, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. We also could lose a source of or be paid reduced commissions for future sales and for past sales, which would
materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Our business could also be harmed if in the future we fail to develop new carrier relationships and are unable to offer consumers a wide variety of health insurance plans.

The health insurance industry in the United States has experienced a substantial amount of consolidation over the past
several years, resulting in a decrease in the number of health insurance carriers. In the future, we may be forced to offer insurance policies from a reduced number of insurance carriers or to derive a greater portion of our revenue from a more
concentrated number of carriers as our business and the health insurance industry evolve. We derived 16% and 17% of our total revenue in 2009 and 2010, respectively, from Aetna. We derived 14% of our total revenue in 2009 and 2010 from carriers
owned by UnitedHealthcare. We derived 15% and 12% of our total revenue in 2009 and 2010, respectively, from carriers owned by WellPoint. We have many agreements that govern our sale of individual health insurance plans with these health insurance
carriers. Many of these agreements may be unilaterally amended or terminated on short notice by the carrier and the amendment or termination could adversely impact the commission payments that we receive from these health insurance carriers.
Notwithstanding our separate agreements with various carriers directly or indirectly owned by the same entity, certain carriers have attempted and may continue to attempt to consolidate our relationship with them, which could increase the impact of
carrier concentration on us, decrease the commission rates we receive and adversely affect our financial results, particularly in states where we offer health insurance from a relatively smaller number of carriers or where a small number of carriers
dominates the market. The termination, amendment or consolidation of our relationship with these and other health insurance carriers could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

We have recently experienced a significant reduction in the commission rates that our health insurance carriers pay us on the individual
and family health insurance plans that we sell. We also have in the past and may in the future continue to make significant expenditures related to the development of our business, including expenditures relating to marketing, website technology
development, the expansion of our technology licensing business to governmental entities and the development of our business selling Medicare related health insurance plans. Although we have experienced revenue growth in prior periods, we do not
project that we will grow our revenue in 2011 compared to 2010, and we also expect our earnings per share to be substantially lower in 2011 than 2010. Our ability to resume revenue and earnings per share growth thereafter will be dependent upon a
number of factors, including the success of our Medicare business, our ability to attract individuals, families and small businesses to purchase health insurance through our ecommerce platform, our maintaining our relationships with health insurance
carriers and the commission rates we receive for our sale of health insurance plans, our ability to maintain our relationship with existing members within historical levels and our success in entering into relationships with government entities to
perform services and license our technology for use in the implementation of health insurance exchanges and other health care reform related endeavors. If we are not successful in these areas, our business, operating results and financial condition
will be harmed.

The number of members approved through us for the purchase of health insurance was less in 2010 than in 2009.
Our revenue will be adversely impacted if our membership does not grow. The commission rates that we receive are typically higher in the first twelve months of a policy. After the first twelve months, they generally decline significantly.
Accordingly, to the extent that our addition of net new members slows or we experience a reduction in the number of our members, our revenue would be adversely impacted due to a decline in commissions we receive for members whose policies have been
active for more than twelve months in addition to the reduction in revenue growth that would occur solely as a result of a decline in our membership growth rate. The commission rates we receive are impacted by a variety of other factors, including
the particular health insurance policies chosen by our members, the carriers offering those policies, our members states of residence, the laws and regulations in those jurisdictions and health care reform. Our commission rate per member could
decrease as a result of either reductions in contractual commission rates or unfavorable changes in health insurance carrier override commission programs, each of which may be beyond our control and may occur on short notice. To the extent these and
other factors cause our commission rate per member to decline, our rate of revenue growth may decline and our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

We may not be successful in our efforts to market and sell Medicare-related health insurance plans.

We recently determined to market Medicare-related health insurance plans using our ecommerce platforms, including Medicare Advantage,
Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. We refer to these plans as Medicare plans. We market Medicare plans to Medicare eligible individuals, who are predominately senior citizens over the age of 65. The sale of Medicare
Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans are subject to an annual enrollment period during the fourth quarter of each year, when a substantial percentage of the annual sales of these plans occur. We do not have significant experience in
marketing Medicare plans. The revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business is primarily referral fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms that are delivered and sold to third parties. We also began selling these
products directly through our websites and customer care center.

The success of our entry into the market for Medicare plans
as a health insurance agent will depend upon our ability to enter into and maintain relationships with health insurance carriers on favorable economic terms to market these plans on our ecommerce platform. If we are not successful in maintaining
relationships with health insurance carriers to market their Medicare plans, or if we are unable to enter into a sufficient number of these relationships to offer Medicare eligible individuals the ability to choose from a number of plans from
different health insurance carriers in a particular jurisdiction, we may not be successful in marketing Medicare plans, and our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

Our success in expanding into the Medicare plan market as a health insurance agent will also
depend upon a number of additional factors, including:

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our ability to continue to adapt our ecommerce platform to market Medicare plans, including our development or acquisition of marketing tools and
features important in the sale of Medicare plans online and the modification of our existing user experience for new plans targeted at a different demographic;

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United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, state department of insurance and health
insurance carrier approval of the use of our platforms and other marketing material for the marketing of the Medicare plans we sell;

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our success in marketing our ecommerce platform to Medicare eligible individuals and in entering into business development relationships to drive
Medicare eligible individuals to our ecommerce platform;

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our effectiveness in entering into and maintaining relationships with marketing partners, including existing pharmacy chain partners that refer
Medicare eligible individuals to us;

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our ability to hire and retain additional employees with experience in Medicare, including our ability to timely implement Medicare sales expertise
into our new customer care center in the state of Utah;

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our ability to comply with the numerous, complex and changing laws and regulations and CMS guidelines relating to the marketing and sale of Medicare
plans, including conforming our online and offline sales processes to those laws and regulations; and

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the effectiveness with which our competitors market the availability of Medicare plans from sources other than our ecommerce platform.

As a result of these factors, we may prove unsuccessful in marketing Medicare plans and acting as a health
insurance agent in connection with their sale, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, if our efforts to market Medicare plans during any annual enrollment period were impeded due to lack of health
insurance carrier or CMS approval, or for other reasons, the impact on our business, operating results and financial condition would be more pronounced given the seasonality of the Medicare plan business and the fact that much of the sales of
Medicare plans occur during this period.

Our success in generating Medicare plan lead referral revenue is dependent upon the
same factors that could impact our ability to generate Medicare plan commission revenue and is also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including our ability to generate Medicare plan leads. We depend upon CMS to permit us to use Medicare plan
data collected by CMS for significant aspects of our PlanPrescriber platform, which has generated the majority of our Medicare plan related lead referral revenue. Most of our Medicare plan lead referral revenue in 2010 came from a single purchaser
of leads. We also generate a significant number of Medicare plan leads through a limited number of marketing partner relationships with pharmacy chains. If we do not reduce our dependence upon a limited number of lead purchasers or sources for
Medicare plan leads, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed as a result of termination of these relationships or the inability of the purchasers to pay us for the number of leads that we generate.

We determined to enter into the Medicare plan market because we believe there is an increasing number of individuals becoming eligible
for Medicare, and that Medicare eligible individuals are increasingly using the Internet to shop for health insurance plans that supplement Medicare. We also believe that on average member retention rates and the commissions that health insurance
carriers pay in connection with the sale of Medicare plans compare favorably to the member retention rates and commissions we receive in connection with our sale of individual and family health insurance. Should we prove to be wrong, or should these
circumstances reverse, our success in marketing Medicare plans would be materially and adversely impacted, which could harm our

business, operating results and financial condition. For instance, portions of health care reform impose significant changes to original Medicare and the Medicare Advantage program by, among
other things, increasing the benefits original Medicare provides, reducing payments to Medicare Advantage plans and imposing medical loss ratio requirements for Medicare Advantage plans. In the event health care reform or other circumstances
decrease the demand for Medicare Advantage plans or other alternatives to original Medicare, or cause a reduction in the amount paid to agents in connection with the sale of these plans, our business operating results and financial condition could
be harmed.

The marketing and sale of Medicare plans are subject to numerous, complex and frequently
changing laws and regulations, and any noncompliance with them could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

The marketing and sale of Medicare plans are subject to numerous laws, regulations and guidelines at the federal and state level. The marketing and sale of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans are
principally regulated by CMS. The marketing and sale of Medicare Supplement plans are principally regulated on a state-by-state basis by state departments of insurance. The laws and regulations applicable to the marketing and sale of Medicare plans
are numerous, ambiguous and complex, and, particularly with respect to regulations and guidance issued by CMS for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans, change frequently. As a result of these laws, regulations and guidelines, we have, and
will have to continue to, alter our websites and sales process to comply with several requirements that are not applicable to our sale of non-Medicare-related health insurance plans. For instance, many aspects of our online platforms and our
marketing material and processes, as well as changes to these platforms, materials and processes, including call center scripts, must be approved by CMS and by health insurance carriers in light of CMS requirements. In addition, certain aspects of
our Medicare plan marketing partner relationships with pharmacy chains have in the past and will in the future been subjected to CMS and health insurance carrier review. Changes to the laws, regulations and guidelines relating to Medicare plans,
their interpretation or the manner in which they are enforced could be incompatible with our Medicare plan business model. Due to changes in CMS guidance or enforcement of existing guidance, or as a result of new regulations and guidelines, CMS,
state departments of insurance or health insurance carriers may determine not to approve aspects of our online platforms or marketing material and processes and may determine that certain existing aspects of our Medicare related business are not in
compliance. As a result, the progress of our Medicare plan business could be slowed or we could be prevented from operating aspects of our Medicare plan business altogether, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition,
particularly if it occurred during the Medicare annual enrollment period. It could also result in the write-down of the value of assets acquired in our PlanPrescriber acquisition.

The impact that health care reform legislation will have on the market for Medicare plans is unclear, but it could change demand for
Medicare plans, the way these plans are delivered, the commissions that carriers pay to health insurance agents in connection with their sale or adversely impact us in other ways. In the event that laws and regulations adversely impact our ability
to market the availability of any type of Medicare plan on our ecommerce platform, or the amounts that health insurance agents are paid for selling these plans, our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

We expect to reduce our cost of acquisition and other expenses in connection with the sale of our individual and family health
insurance plans, which may harm our operating results.

As a result of the reduction in the commission rates we
receive for selling individual and family health insurance plans, we expect to reduce our marketing and advertising and other expenses in this area of our business. This reduction will result in fewer individual and family health insurance plan
approved members for which we would receive commission revenue, particularly in the event our competitors do not similarly reduce their marketing and advertising and other expenses. The reduction of our cost of acquisition depends significantly on
improving the rate at which visitors to our website submit health insurance applications, particularly with respect to paid search advertising, as our paid search costs are incurred on the referral of a potential member

rather than on the submission of a health insurance application. As a result, we may not be successful in reducing our individual and family health insurance cost of acquisition in the event the
rate at which visitors to our platform submit individual and family health insurance declines, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our future operating results are likely to fluctuate and could fall short of expectations.

Our operating results are likely to fluctuate as a result of a variety of factors, including the factors described elsewhere in this Risk Factors section, many of which are outside of our
control. As a result, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful and you should not rely on our past results as an indication of our future performance, particularly as a result of the commission rate
reductions that we have experienced in our individual and family health insurance business, which will begin to have an impact on our financial results in 2011. If our revenue or operating results fall below the expectations of investors or
securities analysts, the price of our common stock could decline substantially.

Our business model is characterized primarily
by revenue based on commissions we receive from insurance carriers whose policies are purchased by our members. Although our services are complete upon the approval of a members application, we receive commissions and record related revenue,
typically on a monthly basis, until the health insurance policy is cancelled or we otherwise do not remain the agent on the policy. A significant component of our marketing and advertising expenses consists of expenses incurred in search engine
advertising at the time a consumer clicks on an advertisement and payments owed to our marketing partners in connection with applications submitted on our ecommerce platform by potential members referred to us by our marketing partners. As a result
of this timing difference between expense and associated revenue recognition, our operating results and cash flows may be adversely affected in periods where we experience a significant increase in new applicants. In addition, if we incur other
unanticipated or one-time expenses in a particular quarter or if we lose a significant amount of our member base for any reason, we would likely be unable to offset these expenses by increasing sales within that quarter or to replace lost revenue in
the quarter with revenue from new members. As a result, our quarterly results may suffer due to unanticipated expenses, one-time charges or significant member turnover.

Current economic conditions and other factors beyond our control may negatively impact our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our revenue depends upon demand for health insurance in the individual, family and small business markets, which can be influenced by a
variety of factors beyond our control. For instance, an increased number of individuals have become self-employed or unemployed. In addition, as a result of substantial health insurance premium inflation in recent years, we believe that many
employers have sought to reduce the costs associated with providing health insurance to their employees, including offering fewer benefits to employees, reducing or eliminating dependent coverage, increasing employee health insurance premium
contributions and eliminating health insurance benefits altogether. We have no control over the economic and other factors that influence these trends, and they may reverse, including as a result of health care reform legislation. If economic or
other factors beyond our control negatively impact our business, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed.

We believe that demand for the health insurance and services we offer has been adversely impacted by recent economic conditions. We cannot be certain of the future impact that the recent recession will
have on our business. A further softening of demand for health insurance and services offered by us, whether caused by changes in customer preferences or a weak U.S. economy, including as a result of recent disruptions in the global financial
markets or a decrease in general consumer confidence, will result in decreased revenue and growth. Consumers may attempt to reduce expenses by cancelling existing health insurance purchased through us, determine not to purchase new health insurance
through us, or purchase health insurance plans with lower premiums for which we receive lower commissions. To the extent the economy or other factors adversely impact

our membership retention or the number or type of health insurance applications submitted through us and that are approved by health insurance carriers, our rate of growth will decline and our
business and operating results will be harmed. A continuing negative economic environment could also adversely impact the health insurance carriers whose plans are offered on our ecommerce platform, and they may, among other things, determine to
reduce their commission rates, increase premiums or reduce benefits, change their underwriting practices so that fewer health insurance applications are approved or decrease the amount they are willing to spend for marketing purposes, all of which
would negatively impact our sale of health insurance as well as our sponsorship and technology licensing businesses.

Economic
conditions have caused interest rates to decline. We have experienced a significant reduction in the rate of return on our investments both as a result of the decline in interest rates and as a result of our implementation of more conservative
investment policies. Economic conditions could materially and adversely impact our investments in the future, including loss of our principal investment, despite our implementation of more conservative investment policies.

Our business may not grow if consumers are not informed about the availability and accessibility of affordable health insurance.

Numerous health insurance plans are available to consumers in any given market. Most of these plans vary by price,
benefits and other policy features. Health insurance terminology and provisions are often confusing and difficult to understand. As a result, researching, selecting and purchasing health insurance can be a complex process. We believe that this
complexity has contributed to a perception held by many consumers that individual health insurance is prohibitively expensive and difficult to obtain. We attempt to make the health insurance research and application process on our website
understandable and user-friendly. We also attempt to use our website and other means to educate consumers about the accessibility and affordability of health insurance. If consumers are not informed about the availability and accessibility of
affordable health insurance or our ecommerce platform is difficult to navigate, our business may not grow and our operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

If we are not successful in cost-effectively converting visitors to our website into members, our business and operating results would be harmed.

Our growth depends in large part upon growth in our membership. The rate at which consumers visiting our ecommerce platform and seeking
to purchase health insurance are converted into members is a significant factor in the growth of our membership. A number of factors have influenced, and could in the future influence, the conversion rate for any given period, some of which are
outside of our control. These factors include:

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changes in consumer shopping behavior due to circumstances outside of our control, such as economic conditions, consumers ability or willingness
to pay for health insurance, extension of unemployment benefits or proposed or enacted legislative or regulatory changes impacting our business;

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the quality of and changes to the consumer experience on our ecommerce platform or with our customer care center;

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regulatory requirements, including those that make the experience on our online platforms cumbersome or difficult to navigate;

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the variety and affordability of the health insurance plans that we offer;

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system failures or interruptions in the operation of our ecommerce platform or call center operations;

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changes in the mix of consumers who are referred to us through our direct, marketing partner and online advertising member acquisition channels;

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the health insurance carriers offering the health insurance plans for which consumers have expressed interest, and the degree to which our technology
is integrated with those carriers;

health insurance carrier underwriting practices and guidelines applicable to applications submitted by consumers and the amount of time a carrier takes
to make a decision on that application; and

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competitive offerings.

Our conversion rates can be impacted by changes in the mix of consumers referred to us through our member acquisition channels. For example, our conversion rates have historically been lower with respect
to consumers referred to us by Internet lead aggregators and relatively higher with respect to consumers coming to us through our direct member acquisition channel. In addition, we may make changes to our ecommerce platform or undertake other
initiatives in an attempt to improve consumer experience or for other reasons. These changes in the past, and may in the future, have the unintended consequence of adversely impacting our conversion rates. A decline in the percentage of consumers
who submit health insurance applications on our ecommerce platform and are converted into members could cause an increase in our cost of acquiring members on a per member basis. To the extent the rate at which we convert consumers visiting our
ecommerce platform into members suffers, our membership growth rate may decline, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

If we are unable to retain our members, our business and operating results would be harmed.

We receive revenue from commissions health insurance carriers pay to us for health insurance policies sold through our ecommerce platform. When one of these policies is cancelled, or if we otherwise do
not remain the agent on the policy, we no longer receive the related commission revenue. Individuals, families and small businesses may choose to discontinue their health insurance policies for a variety of reasons. For example, individuals and
families may replace a health insurance policy purchased through us with a health insurance policy provided by a new or existing employer or may determine that they cannot afford health insurance. In addition, our members may choose to purchase new
policies using a different agent if, for example, they are not satisfied with our customer service or the health insurance plans that we offer. Health insurance carriers may also terminate health insurance plans purchased and held by our members. If
we are not successful in transferring members covered under a terminated plan to another policy that we offer, we will lose these members. Our cost in acquiring a new member is substantially greater than the cost involved in maintaining our
relationship with an existing member. If we are not able to successfully retain existing members and limit member turnover, our revenue and operating margins could be adversely impacted and our business, operating results and financial condition
would be harmed.

Changes in the quality and affordability of the health insurance plans that carriers offer on our
ecommerce platform could harm our business and operating results.

The demand for health insurance marketed through
our ecommerce platform is impacted by, among other things, the variety, quality and price of the health insurance plans we offer. If health insurance carriers do not continue to provide us with a variety of high-quality, affordable health insurance
plans in the individual, family and small business markets, or if their offerings are limited as a result of consolidation in the health insurance industry, health care reform legislation or otherwise, our sales may decrease and our business,
operating results and financial condition could be harmed.

Health insurance carriers could determine to reduce the
commissions paid to us or change their underwriting practices in ways that reduce the number of insurance policies sold through our ecommerce platform, which could harm our business and operating results.

Our commission rates, and the commission override payments we receive from health insurance carriers for achieving sales volume
thresholds or other objectives, are either set by each carrier or negotiated between us and each carrier. Carriers have altered, and may in the future alter, the contractual relationships we have with them on short notice, either by renegotiation or
unilateral action. If these contractual changes result in reduced commissions, our business may suffer and our operating results and financial condition could be harmed. In

addition, carriers periodically change the criteria they use for determining whether they are willing to insure individuals as well as other underwriting practices. At various times, carriers
have applied more stringent underwriting criteria and practices to applications for health insurance. These practices result in a decrease in the rate at which insurance policies submitted through our ecommerce platform are approved. Changes in
carrier underwriting criteria or practices could negatively impact sales of insurance policies on our ecommerce platform and could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

If we are not able to maintain and enhance our brand, our business and operating results will be harmed.

We believe that maintaining and enhancing our brand identity is critical to our relationships with existing members, marketing partners
and health insurance carriers and to our ability to attract new members, marketing partners and health insurance carriers. The promotion of our brand in these and other ways may require us to make substantial investments and we anticipate that, as
our market becomes increasingly competitive, these branding initiatives may become increasingly difficult and expensive. Our brand promotion activities may not be successful or yield increased revenue, and to the extent that these activities yield
increased revenue, the increased revenue may not offset the expenses we incur and our operating results could be harmed. If we do not successfully maintain and enhance our brand, our business may not grow and we could lose our relationships with
health insurance carriers, marketing partners and/or members, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

In addition, we have historically received media attention in connection with our public relations efforts. While we cannot be certain of the impact of media coverage on our business, if it were to be
reduced, the number of consumers visiting our platform could decrease, and our cost of acquiring members could increase as a result of a reduction in the number of members coming from our direct member acquisition channel, both of which could harm
our business, operating results and financial condition.

System failures or capacity constraints could harm our
business and operating results.

The performance, reliability and availability of our ecommerce platforms and
underlying network infrastructures are critical to our financial results, our brand and our relationship with members, marketing partners and health insurance carriers. Although we regularly attempt to enhance our ecommerce platform and system
infrastructure, system failures and interruptions may occur if we are unsuccessful in these efforts, if we are unable to accurately project the rate or timing of increases in our website traffic or for other reasons, some of which are completely
outside our control. Although we have experienced only minor system failures and interruptions to date, we could experience significant failures and interruptions in the future, which would harm our business, operating results and financial
condition.

We rely in part upon third-party vendors, including data center and bandwidth providers, to operate our ecommerce
platforms. We cannot predict whether additional network capacity will be available from these vendors as we need it, and our network or our suppliers networks might be unable to achieve or maintain a sufficiently high capacity of data
transmission to allow us to process health insurance applications in a timely manner or effectively download data, especially if our website traffic increases. Any system failure that causes an interruption in or decreases the responsiveness of our
services would impair our revenue-generating capabilities and harm our business and operating results and damage our reputation. In addition, any loss of data could result in loss of customers and subject us to potential liability. Our database and
systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, earthquakes, fire, floods, power loss, telecommunications failures, physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, acts of terrorism, other attempts to harm our systems and
similar events. In addition, our operations are vulnerable to earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California.

Consumers may access our customer care centers for assistance in connection with submitting health insurance applications after using our ecommerce platform. We depend upon third parties, including
telephone service providers and third party software providers, to operate our customer care centers. Any failure of the

systems that we rely upon in the operation of our customer care center could negatively impact sales as well as our relationship with consumers and members, which could harm our business,
operating results and financial condition.

If consumers or carriers opt for more traditional or alternative channels
for the purchase and sale of health insurance, our business will be harmed.

Our success depends in part upon
widespread consumer and health insurance carrier acceptance of the Internet as a marketplace for the purchase and sale of health insurance. Consumers and health insurance carriers may choose to depend more on traditional sources, such as individual
agents, or alternative sources may develop, including as a result of health care reform legislation. Our future growth, if any, will depend in part upon:

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the growth of the Internet as a commerce medium generally, and as a market for consumer financial plans and services specifically;

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consumers willingness to conduct their own health insurance research;

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our ability to make the process of purchasing health insurance online an attractive alternative to traditional and new means of purchasing health
insurance;

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our ability to successfully and cost-effectively market our services as superior to traditional or alternative sources for health insurance to a
sufficiently large number of consumers; and

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health insurance carriers willingness to use us and the Internet as a distribution channel for health insurance plans.

If consumers and health insurance carriers determine that other sources for health insurance and health
insurance applications are superior, our business will not grow and our operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

We depend upon Internet search engines to attract a significant portion of the consumers who visit our website, and if we are unable to effectively advertise on search engines on a cost-effective
basis, our business and operating results would be harmed.

We derive a significant portion of our website traffic
from consumers who search for health insurance through Internet search engines, such as Google, MSN and Yahoo!. A critical factor in attracting consumers to our website is whether we are prominently displayed in response to an Internet search
relating to health insurance. Search engines typically provide two types of search results, algorithmic listings and paid advertisements. We rely on both algorithmic listings and paid advertisements to attract consumers to our website.

Algorithmic search result listings are determined and displayed in accordance with a set of formulas or algorithms developed by the
particular Internet search engine. The algorithms determine the order of the listing of results in response to the consumers Internet search. From time to time, search engines revise these algorithms. In some instances, these modifications
have caused our website to be listed less prominently in algorithmic search results, which has resulted in decreased traffic to our website. We may also be listed less prominently as a result of new websites or changes to existing websites that
result in these websites receiving higher algorithmic rankings with the search engine. Our website may become listed less prominently in algorithmic search results for other reasons, such as search engine technical difficulties, search engine
technical changes and changes we make to our website. In addition, search engines have deemed the practices of some companies to be inconsistent with search engine guidelines and decided not to list their website in search result listings at all. If
we are listed less prominently in, or removed altogether from, search result listings for any reason, the traffic to our website likely would decline and we may not be able to replace this traffic, which in turn would harm our operating results. If
we decide to attempt to replace this traffic, we may be required to increase

our marketing expenditures, which would also increase our cost of member acquisition and harm our operating results.

We purchase paid advertisements on search engines in order to attract consumers to our website. We typically pay a search engine for prominent placement of our name and website when particular health
insurance-related terms are searched for on the search engine, regardless of the algorithmic search result listings. In some circumstances, the prominence of the placement of our advertisement is determined by a combination of factors, including the
amount we are willing to pay and algorithms designed to determine the relevance of our paid advertisement to a particular search term. As with algorithmic search result listings, search engines may revise the algorithms relevant to paid
advertisements and websites other than our ecommerce platform may become more optimized for the algorithms. These changes may result in our having to pay increased amounts to maintain our paid advertisement placement in response to a particular
search term. We could also have to pay increased amounts should the market share of major search engines continue to become more concentrated with a single search engine. Additionally, we bid against our competitors and others for the display of
these paid search engine advertisements. Many of our competitors, including many health insurance carriers, have greater resources with which to bid and better brand recognition than we do. We have experienced increased competition from health
insurance carriers and some of our marketing partners for both algorithmic search result listings and for paid advertisements, which has increased our marketing and advertising expenses. If this competition increases further, or if the fees
associated with paid search advertisements increase as a result of algorithm changes or other factors, our advertising expenses could rise significantly or we could reduce or discontinue our paid search advertisements, either of which could harm our
business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, we believe that the medical loss ratio requirements of health care reform legislation and the reduction in commission rates in the individual and family health insurance market will
cause a reduction in the amounts that our competitors, including health insurance carriers, are willing to pay for paid search engine advertisements. Should this not occur, or should it last for a limited period of time, our cost of acquiring
members could increase significantly and our operating margins could be reduced, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Additionally, we could experience a reduction in the number of applications for the individual
and family health insurance plans, which also would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

We
rely significantly on marketing partners for the sale of health insurance on our ecommerce platforms and our business and operating results would be harmed if we are unable to maintain effective relationships with our existing marketing partners or
if we do not establish successful relationships with new marketing partners.

In addition to marketing through
Internet search engines, we frequently enter into contractual marketing relationships with other online and offline businesses that promote us to their customers. These marketing partners include financial and online service companies, affiliate
programs and online advertisers and content providers. Our subsidiary PlanPrescriber also has relationships with marketing partners, including pharmacy chains that promote our platform to their customers. We compensate many of our marketing partners
for their referrals on a submitted health insurance application basis and, if they are licensed to sell health insurance, may share a percentage of the commission we earn from the health insurance carrier for each member referred by the marketing
partner.

Many factors influence the success of our relationship with our marketing partners, including:

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the continued positive market presence, reputation and growth of the marketing partner;

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the effectiveness of the marketing partner in marketing our website and services, including whether the marketing partner is successful in maintaining
the prominence of its website in algorithmic search result listings and paid Internet advertisements;

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the compliance of our marketing partners, and of the manner marketing partners refer consumers to our platforms, with applicable laws, regulations and
guidelines;

the interest of the marketing partners customers in the health insurance plans that we offer on our ecommerce platform;

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the contractual terms we negotiate with the marketing partner, including the marketing fees we agree to pay a marketing partner;

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the percentage of the marketing partners customers that submit applications or purchase health insurance policies through our ecommerce platform;

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the ability of a marketing partner to maintain efficient and uninterrupted operation of its website; and

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our ability to work with the marketing partner to implement website changes, launch marketing campaigns and pursue other initiatives necessary to
maintain positive consumer experiences and acceptable traffic volumes.

For instance, we partner with
Internet lead aggregators who refer a significant number of consumers to our online platforms. Major search engines have in the past and may in the future determine not to list lead aggregator websites prominently in search result listings for
various reasons, which would cause a significant reduction in the number of consumers referred to us through our marketing partner channel. If we are unable to maintain successful relationships with our existing marketing partners or fail to
establish successful relationships with new marketing partners, our business, operating results and financial condition will be harmed.

The impact that health care reform will have on our relationships with marketing partners is unclear. To the extent that health care reform makes it less profitable or desirable for marketing partners to
promote us to their customers, we may lose relationships with existing marketing partners and may have difficulty entering into relationships with new marketing partners. We may also need to reduce the compensation that we pay to marketing partners
to the extent that health care reform has the effect of reducing commissions for individual and family health insurance. There is no guarantee that we will be able to amend our agreements to reduce the compensation that we pay to acceptable levels
in light of the commission rates that we receive. If we are not able to do so, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed. In addition, the promulgation of laws, regulations or guidelines, or the interpretation of
existing guidelines, by state departments of insurance or by CMS, could cause our relationships with our marketing partners to be in noncompliance with those laws, regulations and guidelines. For instance, as a result of our acquisition of
PlanPrescriber, we have marketing partner relationships with pharmacy chains that utilize aspects of our platform and tools. Our relationships with these pharmacy chains results in the referral of a significant number of individuals to us who are
interested in purchasing Medicare plans. If CMS or state departments of insurance were to change existing laws, regulations or guidelines, or interpret existing laws, regulations or guidelines, to prohibit these arrangements, we would experience a
significant decline in the number of Medicare eligible individuals who are referred to our platforms and call center, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition and could result in a write-down of the value of assets
acquired in our PlanPrescriber acquisition.

We rely on health insurance carriers to accurately and regularly prepare
commission reports, and if these reports are inaccurate or not sent to us in a timely manner, our business and operating results could be harmed. We also may not recognize trends in our membership as a result of a lack of information from health
insurance carriers.

Health insurance carriers typically pay us a specified percentage of the premium amount on a
health insurance policy that we have sold during the period that a member maintains coverage under the policy. We rely on health insurance carriers to timely and accurately report the amount of commissions earned by us, and we calculate our
commission revenue, prepare our financial reports, projections and budgets and direct our marketing and other operating efforts based on the reports we receive from health insurance carriers. It is often difficult for us to independently determine
whether or not carriers are accurately reporting commissions due to us. To the extent that health insurance carriers understate or fail to accurately report the amount of commissions

due to us in a timely manner or at all, we will not recognize revenue to which we are entitled, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

We also are dependent on health insurance carriers and others for data related to our membership. For instance, with respect to health
insurance plans other than small business group health insurance, health insurance carriers do not directly report member cancellations to us, resulting in the need for us to determine cancellations using payment data that carriers provide. We infer
cancellations from this payment data by analyzing whether payments from members have ceased for a period of time, and we may not learn of a cancellation for several months, given that some of our members pay on a schedule less frequently than
monthly (e.g., quarterly). With respect to our small business group membership, many groups notify the carrier directly with respect to increases or decreases in group size and policy cancellations. Our insurance carrier partners often do not
communicate this information to us, and it often takes a significant amount of time for us to learn about small business group cancellations and changes in our membership within the group itself. We often are not made aware of policy cancellations
until the time of the groups annual renewal.

After we have estimated membership for a period, we may receive
information from health insurance carriers that would have impacted the estimate if we had received the information prior to the date of estimation. We may receive commission payments or other information that indicates that a member who was not
included in our estimates for a prior period was in fact an active member at that time, or that a member who was included in our estimates was in fact not an active member of ours. We also reconcile information health insurance carriers provide to
us and may determine that we were not historically paid commissions owed to us, which would cause us to have underestimated our membership. Additionally, health insurance carriers may require us to return commission payments paid in a prior period
due to policy cancellations for members we previously estimated as being active. For these and other reasons, including if current trends in membership cancellation are inconsistent with past cancellation trends that we use to estimate our
membership or if carriers subsequently report changes to the commission payments that they previously reported to us, our actual membership could be different from our estimates, perhaps materially. Total revenue per estimated member for the period
would also change if our estimated membership changed. Our estimate regarding the average amount of time our members maintain their health insurance plans also could be inaccurate as it is dependent upon the accuracy of our membership estimates.

The timing of our revenue depends upon the timing of our
receipt of commission reports and associated payments from health insurance carriers. Although health insurance carriers typically report and pay commissions to us on a monthly basis, there have been instances where their report of commissions and
payment have been delayed, such as during holiday periods. Any delay could materially impact our financial results for a given quarter as we would not be able to recognize the related commission revenue in that quarter. In addition, much of our
commission override revenue is not reported and paid to us in accordance with a scheduled pattern, and some is only reported and paid to us once per year. This could result in a large amount of commission revenue from a carrier being recorded in a
given quarter that is not indicative of the amount of revenue we may receive from that carrier in subsequent quarters, causing fluctuations in our operating results. We could report revenue below the expectations of our investors or securities
analysts in any particular period if a material report or payment from a health insurance carrier were delayed or not received within the time frame required for revenue recognition.

We may be unsuccessful in competing effectively against current and future competitors.

The market for selling health insurance plans is highly competitive. We compete with entities and individuals that offer and sell health
insurance plans utilizing traditional distribution channels as well as the Internet. Our current or potential competitors include the tens of thousands of local insurance agents across the

United States who sell health insurance plans in their communities. There are a number of agents that operate websites and provide an online shopping experience for consumers interested in
purchasing health insurance. Some local agents use lead aggregator services that use the Internet to find consumers interested in purchasing health insurance and are compensated for referring those consumers to the traditional agent. In
addition to health insurance brokers and agents, many health insurance carriers directly market and sell their plans to consumers through call centers and their own websites. Although we offer health insurance plans for many of these carriers, they
also compete with us by offering their plans directly to consumers. In connection with our marketing of Medicare plans, we compete with the original Medicare program. In addition, CMS offers plan information, comparison tools, call centers and
online enrollment for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.

In licensing our health insurance
purchasing platform, we compete with companies providing technology that automates premium quoting, research and analysis of health insurance plans, member enrollment and other tools that support online sales efforts by health insurance carriers and
their agents and brokers. We anticipate that in licensing our technology to government entities for health insurance exchange and other purposes, we will compete with these entities as well as system integrators, software companies, employee benefit
service providers, technology consulting companies and others that have experience providing technology and services to the federal or state governments.

We may not be able to compete successfully against our current or future competitors. Some of our current and potential competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, greater brand
recognition and significantly greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. As compared to us, our current and future competitors may be able to:

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undertake more extensive marketing campaigns for their brands and services;

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devote more resources to website and systems development;

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negotiate more favorable commission rates and commission override payments; and

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make more attractive offers to potential employees, marketing partners and third-party service providers.

In addition, CMS has the ability to regulate our marketing and sale of Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans.
Competitive pressures may result in our experiencing increased marketing costs, decreased traffic to our website and loss of market share, or may otherwise harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

There are many risks associated with our operations in China.

A portion of our operations is conducted in China. Among other things, we use employees in China to maintain and update our ecommerce
platform. This and other information is delivered to us through secured communications over the Internet. Our business would be harmed if this connection temporarily failed, and we were prevented from promptly updating our software or implementing
other changes to our database and systems. Our operations in China also expose us to different and unfamiliar laws, rules and regulations, including different intellectual property laws, which are not as protective of our intellectual property as
the laws in the United States, and different labor and tax laws. United States and Chinese trade laws may impose restrictions on the importation of programming or technology to or from the United States. These risks could cause us to incur increased
expenses and could harm our ability to effectively and successfully manage our operations in China, which in turn could cause our business, operating results and financial condition to suffer.

In addition, our subsidiary in China has a subsidiary business insurance agency license in the Fujian province in China pursuant to which
we are selling health, accident and life insurance in the Fujian province. Our license is up for renewal at the end of 2011. We also have entered into a relationship with a local insurance

agency outside the Fujian province in Shanghai, China, pursuant to which we offer the local insurance agencys insurance products in Shanghai on our website in our capacity as a technology
service provider. We have similar relationships with insurance companies to offer certain of those companies products throughout China. Additionally, we have recently entered, and may in the future continue to enter, into relationships with
marketing partners to refer additional consumers to our website. We have no prior experience marketing or selling insurance in China or in adapting our business and ecommerce platform to Chinese markets and cultures, legal and regulatory regimes or
business customs. For instance, the laws and regulations applicable to our marketing and selling insurance online and assisting others in those efforts in China are unclear, and our operations may be in violation of them. In addition, the laws and
regulations may change to prohibit our marketing insurance online. The consequences of violating insurance and other applicable laws and regulations in China are unclear, but they could result in the termination of our license and our ability to
host insurance products on our technology platform, payment of fines and damages and could harm our business as a whole. For various reasons, we may not expand in China, and even if we do, there can be no assurance that our ecommerce platform in
China would ever generate a significant amount of revenue or otherwise be successful. Our success in establishing an insurance-related business in China is dependent upon many of the factors that influence the success of our business in the United
States, including, but not limited to, our receiving regulatory approvals (including the renewal of our license), acceptance of the Internet and our ecommerce platform as a marketplace for the purchase of insurance, our success in marketing our
ecommerce platform and in retaining members who purchase insurance through that platform, our ability to enter into and maintain relationships with insurance carriers, commission rates, the affordability of the insurance products offered, insurance
carrier business practices, the effectiveness with which we establish a brand identity, performance, reliability and availability of our ecommerce platform, competition, the regulatory environment and the manner in which health care delivery is
financed and changes to such environment or manner, our ability to attract qualified personnel and network security.

Our
participation and success in the China market may be impacted by additional factors given that outside of Xiamen city, the insurance products offered on our website are offered directly by insurance carriers or through another insurance agent,
including our dependence on insurance carriers or the insurance agent for the products on our website, the agents relationship with insurance carriers and consumers, our relationship with the insurance carriers and agent, each of the
agents and the insurance carriers ability to maintain licenses and regulatory approvals, and the number, quality and attractiveness of the insurance products offered by the agent and the insurance carrier through our platform. While
there is no certainty that we would be able to expand our presence in the insurance industry in China, we may attempt to do so. If we decide to do so, we may need to receive additional government licenses and approvals or enter into additional
relationships and may face disadvantages in doing so as a result of our subsidiary in China being wholly foreign owned.

Our sponsorship advertising business may not be successful.

We sell advertising space to health insurance carriers on our website through our sponsorship advertising program. Our sponsorship
advertising program allows carriers to purchase advertising space in specific markets in a sponsorship area on our website. Health insurance carriers may determine to eliminate or reduce spending on our sponsorship advertising program as a result of
various aspects of health care reform, including the medical loss ratio requirements that became effective in 2011. As a result, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed. To the extent that economic conditions, health
care reform or other factors impact the amount health insurance carriers are willing to pay for advertising on our ecommerce platform, our sponsorship advertising program will be adversely impacted. The success of our sponsorship advertising program
is dependent upon a number of other factors, including the effectiveness of the sponsorship advertising program as a cost-effective method for carriers to obtain additional members, consumer and health insurance carrier adoption of the Internet and
our ecommerce platform as a medium for the purchase and sale of health insurance, our ability to attract consumers visiting our ecommerce platform and convert those consumers into members, the existence of a relationship between us and a diverse
group of carriers that offer a number of health insurance plans in the markets in which we attempt to sell sponsorship advertising, the cost and other features of the health insurance

plan that is the subject of the sponsorship advertising, the impact the sponsorship advertising has on the sale of the health insurance plan that is the subject of the advertising and the
effectiveness of the carriers other means of advertising. In addition, while our practice of selling sponsorship advertising is described on our ecommerce platform, it could cause consumers to perceive us as not objective, which could harm our
brand and result in a decline in our health insurance sales. It also could adversely impact our relationship with health insurance carriers that do not purchase our sponsorship advertising. As a result, our business, operating results and financial
condition could be harmed.

We may not be successful in licensing the use of our ecommerce technology to health
insurance carriers and other third parties.

We license the use of our ecommerce technology to health insurance
carriers and agents. Carriers use our platform to offer their own health insurance policies on their websites, and agents use it to power their quoting and online content. If we do not grow our revenue from the license of our technology, or if the
rate of growth declines, our business, operating results and financial condition may be harmed. The impact that health care reform may have on our technology licensing business is unclear. Health care reform could reduce health insurance carrier and
agent demand for our technology licensing platform as a result of the medical loss ratio requirements that became effective in 2011 or for other reasons, and health insurance carriers who currently use the platform could determine to cease using it,
reduce the number and type of plans offered on the platform or renegotiate the fees that they pay, any of which would reduce the revenue we receive from our technology licensing business.

The business of licensing the use of our technology to others could facilitate carrier, health insurance agent and other third party
competition with us in the sale of health insurance over the Internet and is subject to a number of additional risks and uncertainties, including consumer and health insurance carrier adoption of our ecommerce platform as a medium for the purchase
and sale of health insurance, our ability to establish relationships with new health insurance carriers, the reliability and performance of our ecommerce platform and the relative cost of developing competing technology. If we are not able to offer
health insurance carriers and other third parties a reliable platform to cost-efficiently offer their plans over the Internet, our technology licensing business will be unsuccessful.

We may not be successful in licensing the use of our technology or performing services pursuant to federal or state government
contracts.

An element of our strategy is to license the use of our technology and provide services to government
entities in connection with health care reform and its requirement that states establish health insurance exchanges. While we are involved in a small number of government contracts as a prime contractor or as a subcontractor, we are new to
government contracting. Generally, government contracts are offered through a competitive bidding process. A number of entities may compete for the award of any particular government contract or related subcontract, and we may not be able
to outbid our competitors. Even if we are awarded a contract, unsuccessful bidders may protest or challenge the contract award, which could result in our losing the contract. Complicated rules apply to doing business with the federal and
state governments, including without limitation the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), special FAR agency supplements and state procurement laws and regulations. In addition, socio-economic obligations, including various restrictions
relating to those of our employees that may perform under the government contract, may accompany government contracts. These requirements may require us to restructure aspects of our operations to perform under a contract, which may be
difficult or impossible. As a government contractor, we are subject to audits, cost reviews and investigations by oversight agencies. We may not be successful in our effort to enter into government contracts, and even if we are, we may
face difficulty and unanticipated expense in complying with applicable laws, regulations and contractual requirements. If we are not successful in our government contracting efforts, our business, operating results and financial condition could
be harmed. In addition, if we fail to comply with the terms of one or more of our government contracts or applicable laws and regulations, we could be suspended or barred from future government projects for a significant period of time, as well
as face civil or criminal fines and penalties, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Government contracts that we have entered into for the use of our services or licensing of
our technology have short terms. For instance, our contract with the federal government to provide certain software and information services relating to the federal governments healthcare reform website has a term of one year. This
contract is renewable at the option of the federal government annually for up to three years. Our government contracts may not be renewed for any reason, including as a result of performance of the contract, competing solutions or a change in
the governmental entitys preferences. Furthermore, the contracts may be terminated as a result of our performance or as a result of the performance or actions of third parties involved in the contracts, such as a subcontractor or the
prime contractor where we are a subcontractor. The termination or nonrenewal of any of our government contracts could harm our business, operating results and financial condition and make it more difficult to successfully bid on future
government contracting opportunities.

We may not be able to adequately protect our intellectual property, which could
harm our business and operating results.

We believe that our intellectual property is an essential asset of our
business and that our technology infrastructure currently gives us a competitive advantage in the distribution of individual, family and small business health insurance. We rely on a combination of copyright, trademark and trade secret laws as well
as confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to establish and protect our intellectual property rights in the United States. Although we have applied for patents in the United States, they may not result in issued patents. We have not
filed for protection of our intellectual property in any foreign jurisdiction other than China. We have Chinese-registered computer software copyrights for an internally-developed software system and a project management tool and have filed certain
trademark applications in China. We have not filed any patent applications in China. The efforts we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not be sufficient or effective, and our trademarks, copyrights and patents if issued, may be held
invalid or unenforceable. Moreover, the law relating to intellectual property is not as developed in China, and our intellectual property rights may not be as respected in China as they are in the United States. Any United States or other patents
issued to us may not be sufficiently broad to protect our proprietary technologies, and given the costs of obtaining patent protection, we may choose not to seek patent protection for certain of our proprietary technologies. We may not be effective
in policing unauthorized use of our intellectual property, trade secrets and other confidential information, and even if we do detect violations, litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights. Any enforcement efforts we
undertake, including litigation, could be time-consuming and expensive, could divert our managements attention and may result in a court determining that our intellectual property or other rights are unenforceable. If we are not successful in
cost-effectively protecting our intellectual property rights, trade secrets and confidential information, our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed.

We may in the future be subject to intellectual property rights claims, which are extremely costly to defend, could require us to
pay significant damages and could limit our ability to use certain technologies in the future.

Companies in the
Internet and technology industries own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets and frequently enter into litigation based on allegations of infringement or other violations of intellectual property rights. We have
received, and may in the future receive, notices that claim we have misappropriated or misused other parties intellectual property rights, and, to the extent we gain greater visibility, we face a higher risk of being the subject of
intellectual property infringement claims. There may be third-party intellectual property rights, including issued or pending patents that cover significant aspects of our technologies or business methods. Any intellectual property claim against us,
with or without merit, could be time consuming, expensive to settle or litigate and could divert our managements attention and other resources. These claims also could subject us to significant liability for damages and could result in our
having to stop using technology found to be in violation of a third partys rights. We might be required to seek a license for third-party intellectual property, which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all. Even if a license is
available, we could be required to pay significant royalties, which would increase our operating expenses. We may also be required to develop alternative non-infringing technology, which could require significant effort and expense. If we cannot

license or develop technology for any infringing aspect of our business, we would be forced to limit our services and may be unable to compete effectively. Any of these results would harm our
business, operating results and financial condition.

Any legal liability, regulatory penalties, or negative publicity
for the information on our website or that we distribute will likely harm our business and operating results.

We
provide information on our website, through our customer care centers and in other ways regarding health insurance in general and the health insurance plans we market and sell, including information relating to insurance premiums, coverage,
benefits, exclusions, limitations, availability, plan comparisons and insurance company ratings. A significant amount of both automated and manual effort is required to maintain the considerable amount of insurance plan information on our website.
Separately, from time to time, we use the information provided on our website and otherwise collected by us to publish reports designed to educate consumers, facilitate public debate, and facilitate reform at the state and federal level relating to
the accessibility and affordability of health insurance. If the information we provide on our website, through our customer care center or otherwise is not accurate or is construed as misleading, or if we do not properly assist individuals and
businesses in purchasing health insurance, members, health insurance carriers and others could attempt to hold us liable for damages, and regulators could attempt to subject us to penalties, revoke our license to transact health insurance business
in a particular jurisdiction, and/or compromise the status of our licenses to transact health insurance business in other jurisdictions. In the ordinary course of operating our business, we have received complaints that the information we provided
was not accurate or was misleading. Although in the past we have resolved these complaints without significant financial cost, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so in the future. In addition, these types of claims could be
time-consuming and expensive to defend, could divert our managements attention and other resources, and could cause a loss of confidence in our services. As a result, whether or not we are able to successfully resolve these claims, they could
harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

In the ordinary course of our business, we have received and
may continue to receive inquiries from state regulators relating to various matters. We have become, and may in the future become, involved in litigation in the ordinary course of our business. If we are found to have violated laws or regulations,
we could be subject to various fines and penalties, including revocation of our licenses to sell insurance, and our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed. We would also be harmed to the extent that related publicity
damages our reputation as a trusted source of information relating to health insurance and its affordability. It could also be costly to defend ourselves regardless of the outcome.

Our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel is critical to our success.

Our success is dependent upon the performance of our senior management and key personnel. Our management and employees can terminate
their employment at any time, and the loss of the services of any of our executive officers or key employees could harm our business. For example, we appoint a single writing agent with each insurance carrier. If we lose the service of our appointed
writing agent, the duties of writing agent will need to be transitioned to other company personnel. Due to our national reach and the large number of carrier partners whose policies are purchased by our members, this transition may be difficult and
requires a significant period of time to complete. If the transition is not successful or takes too long to complete, our agency relationship with particular insurance carriers may be terminated, our commission payments could be discontinued or
delayed and, as a result, our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed. Our success is also dependent upon our ability to attract additional personnel for all areas of our organization. We may not be successful in
attracting and retaining personnel on a timely basis, on competitive terms or at all. If we are unable to attract and retain the necessary personnel, our business would be harmed.

Most of our senior management and key employees have sold shares of our common stock in the open market, and some have sold a significant
portion of their vested holdings. These employees may be more likely to leave us given that they have liquidated some or a substantial percentage of their holdings. Our senior management and key employees work for us on an at-will basis and our
business could be harmed if we lose their services.

If we fail to manage the expansion of our business, our business and operating results
would be harmed.

We have expanded our operations significantly and are in the process of entering into the business
of selling Medicare plans and providing the use of our technology and services to governmental entities. Our entering into these new areas of business places increasing and significant demands on our management, our operational and financial systems
and infrastructure and our other resources. If we do not effectively manage this expansion, the quality of our services could suffer, which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. In order to successfully expand our
business, we need to hire, integrate and retain highly skilled and motivated employees. We also need to continue to improve our existing systems for operational and financial management, including our reporting systems, procedures and controls.
These improvements could require significant capital expenditures and place increasing demands on our management. We may not be successful in managing or expanding our operations or in maintaining adequate financial and operating systems and
controls. If we do not successfully implement improvements in these areas, our business, operating results and financial condition will be harmed.

Seasonality may cause fluctuations in our financial results.

The
number of individual and family health insurance applications submitted through our ecommerce platform has generally increased in our first quarter compared to our fourth quarter and in our third quarter compared to our second quarter. Conversely,
we have generally experienced a decline or flattening of individual and family submitted applications in our second quarter compared to our first quarter and in our fourth quarter compared to our third quarter. Since a significant portion of our
marketing and advertising expenses are driven by the number of health insurance applications submitted on our ecommerce platform, those expenses are influenced by these patterns. The reasons for these seasonal patterns are not entirely clear. As the
use of the Internet for the purchase and sale of health insurance becomes more widely accepted and our business matures, other seasonality trends may develop and the existing seasonality and consumer behavior that we experience may change. Any
seasonality that we experience may cause fluctuations in our financial results.

Our business of marketing Medicare plans is
very seasonal. The vast majority of Medicare plans are sold in the fourth quarter each year during the Medicare annual enrollment period. We also incur a significant portion of our Medicare plan related marketing expenses during the fourth quarter.
We may not be paid for a considerable portion of the referral fees owed to us until the first quarter. This seasonality pattern results from the timing of the annual enrollment period when Medicare-eligible individuals can make changes to their
Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage for the following year.

Acquisitions could disrupt our
business and harm our financial condition and operating results.

We may decide to acquire
businesses, products and technologies. Our ability as an organization to successfully make and integrate acquisitions is unproven. Acquisitions could require significant capital infusions and could involve many risks, including the following:

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an acquisition may negatively impact our results of operations because it may require us to incur charges and substantial debt or liabilities, may
require the amortization, write down or impairment of amounts related to deferred compensation, goodwill and other intangible assets, or may cause adverse tax consequences, substantial depreciation or deferred compensation charges;

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an acquisition undertaken for strategic business purposes may negatively impact our results of operations;

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we may encounter difficulties in assimilating and integrating the business, technologies, products, personnel or operations of companies that we
acquire, particularly if key personnel of the acquired company decide not to work for us;

we may be required to implement or improve internal controls, procedures and policies appropriate for a public company at a business that prior to the
acquisition lacked these controls, procedures and policies;

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the acquired businesses, products or technologies may not generate sufficient revenue to offset acquisition costs or to maintain our financial results;

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we may have to issue equity securities to complete an acquisition, which would dilute our stockholders ownership and could adversely affect the
market price of our common stock; and

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acquisitions may involve the entry into geographic or business markets in which we have little or no prior experience.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify or consummate any future acquisition on favorable terms, or at all. If we do pursue
an acquisition, it is possible that we may not realize the anticipated benefits from the acquisition or that the financial markets or investors will negatively view the acquisition. Even if we successfully complete an acquisition, it could harm our
business, operating results and financial condition.

As a part of our initiative to enter into the Medicare plan business, we
acquired PlanPrescriber, Inc. in April 2010. PlanPrescriber is a provider of online tools to help seniors navigate Medicare health insurance options. PlanPrescriber has derived its Medicare plan related revenue through the referral of Medicare plan
leads to third parties. We may not be able to realize anticipated synergies and opportunities as a result of the acquisition, and the business may not perform as planned as a result of many of the risks and uncertainties that apply to the rest of
our business and the marketing of Medicare plans. If anticipated synergies and opportunities are not realized, our business, operating results and financial condition would be harmed.

Issues arising from the implementation of an enterprise data management system could affect our operating results and ability to
manage our business effectively.

We believe an enterprise data management system will be important to our accounting,
financial and operating functions, and the implementation of a system raises costs and risks associated with the conversion to a new system, including disruption to our normal accounting procedures and problems achieving accuracy in the conversion
of electronic data. Failure to properly or adequately address these issues could result in increased costs and the diversion of managements attention and resources and could harm our operating results and ability to manage our business
effectively.

If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial
statements could be impaired, which could adversely affect our operating results, our ability to operate our business and our stock price.

We have a complex business organization, and we are in the process of expanding our business operations into the areas of the sale of Medicare plans and government contracting. Ensuring that we have
adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place to help ensure that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that needs to be re-evaluated frequently and is
complicated by the expansion of our business operations. Our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, does not expect that our internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors or all fraud. A
control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control systems objectives will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are
resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. Over
time, controls may become inadequate because changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may occur. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error
or fraud may occur and not be detected.

As a result, we cannot assure that significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our
internal control over financial reporting will not be identified in the future. Any failure to maintain or implement required new or improved controls, or any difficulties we encounter in their implementation, could result in significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses, cause us to fail to timely meet our periodic reporting obligations, or result in material misstatements in our financial statements. Any such failure could also adversely affect the results of periodic management
evaluations and annual auditor attestation reports regarding disclosure controls and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated
thereunder. The existence of a material weakness could result in errors in our financial statements that could result in a restatement of financial statements, cause us to fail to timely meet our reporting obligations and cause investors to lose
confidence in our reported financial information, leading to a decline in our stock price and potential lawsuits against us.

Changes in our provision for income taxes or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income or other tax returns could
adversely affect our results.

Our provision for income taxes is subject to volatility and could be adversely affected
by earnings differing materially from our projections; by changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities; by expiration of or lapses in the research and development tax credit laws; by tax effects of share-based compensation; or
by changes in tax laws, regulations, accounting principles, including accounting for uncertain tax positions, or interpretations thereof. For instance, in October 2010, the state of California approved budget legislation which substantially limits
the utilization of net operating losses. The new law did not affect the amount of net operating losses and tax credits that we expect to ultimately use to offset future California taxes, but limited the amount we could utilize in 2010 and will be
able to utilize in 2011. Since the majority of our state taxes are in California, where our headquarters are located, our cash outlay for federal and state taxes increased for the year ended December 31, 2010 and is expected to increase for the
year ending December 31, 2011.

Significant judgment is required to determine the recognition and measurement attribute
prescribed in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) relating to accounting for income taxes. In addition, U.S. GAAP applies to all income tax positions, including the potential recovery of previously paid taxes, which
if settled unfavorably could adversely impact our provision for income taxes or additional paid-in capital. In addition, we are subject to examinations of our income tax returns by the Internal Revenue Service and other tax authorities. We assess
the likelihood of adverse outcomes resulting from these examinations to determine the adequacy of our provision for income taxes. There may be exposure that the outcomes from these examinations will have an adverse effect on our operating results
and financial condition.

Any expansion of our business into foreign countries involves significant risks.

We currently do not sell health insurance or license our technology platform outside the United States other than in
China. We may attempt to expand aspects of our business to additional geographic regions. We face significant challenges in connection with expanding our business into any foreign country, since we have no prior experience marketing or selling
insurance in any foreign jurisdiction. Additionally, demand for private health insurance is not significant in many foreign countries as a result of government-sponsored health care systems. In addition to facing many of the same challenges we face
domestically, we also would have to overcome other obstacles such as:

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legal, political or systemic restrictions on the ability of United States companies to market insurance or otherwise do business in foreign countries;

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varied, unfamiliar and unclear legal and regulatory restrictions;

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less extensive adoption of the Internet as a commerce medium or information source and increased restriction on the content of websites; and

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the adaptation of our website and distribution model to fit the particular foreign country.

As a result of these obstacles, we may find it impossible or prohibitively expensive to
expand our services internationally or we may be unsuccessful should we attempt to do so, either of which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related to Insurance Regulation

Regulation of the sale of
health insurance is subject to change, and future regulations could harm our business and operating results.

The laws
and regulations governing the offer, sale and purchase of health insurance are subject to change, and future changes may be adverse to our business. For example, a long standing provision in each states law that we believe is advantageous to
our business is that once health insurance premiums are set by the carrier and approved by state regulators, they are fixed and not generally subject to negotiation or discounting by insurance companies or agents. Additionally, state regulations
generally prohibit carriers, agents and brokers from providing financial incentives, such as rebates, to their members in connection with the sale of health insurance. As a result, we do not currently compete with carriers or other agents and
brokers on the price of the health insurance plans offered on our website. If these regulations change, we could be forced to reduce prices or provide rebates or other incentives for the health insurance plans sold through our ecommerce platform,
which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

States have, and will continue, to adopt new laws
and regulations in response to health care reform legislation. It is too early to predict how these new laws and regulations will impact our business, but in some cases such laws and regulations could amplify the adverse impacts of health care
reform, or may adopt new requirements that adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition.

We are
also subject to additional insurance regulatory risks, because we use the Internet as our distribution platform. In many cases, it is not clear how existing insurance laws and regulations apply to Internet-related health insurance advertisements and
transactions. To the extent that new laws or regulations are adopted that conflict with the way we conduct our business, or to the extent that existing laws and regulations are interpreted adversely to us, our business, operating results and
financial condition would be harmed.

If we fail to comply with the numerous laws and regulations that are applicable to
our individual, family and small business health insurance business, our business and operating results would be harmed.

The individual, family and small business health insurance industry is heavily regulated by each state in the United States. For instance, state regulators require us to maintain a valid license in each
state in which we transact health insurance business and further require that we adhere to sales, documentation and administration practices specific to that state. In addition, each employee who transacts health insurance business on our behalf
must maintain a valid license in one or more states. Because we do business in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, compliance with health insurance-related laws, rules and regulations is difficult and imposes significant costs on our
business. Each jurisdictions insurance department typically has the power, among other things, to:

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grant and revoke licenses to transact insurance business;

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conduct inquiries into the insurance-related activities and conduct of agents and agencies;

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require and regulate disclosure in connection with the sale and solicitation of health insurance;

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authorize how, by which personnel and under what circumstances insurance premiums can be quoted and published and an insurance policy sold;

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approve which entities can be paid commissions from carriers and the circumstances under which they may be paid;

Due to the complexity, periodic modification and differing interpretations of insurance laws and regulations, we may not have always been, and we may not always be, in compliance with them. New insurance
laws, regulations and guidelines also may not be compatible with the sale of health insurance over the Internet or with various aspects of our platform or manner of marketing or selling health insurance plans. Failure to comply with insurance laws,
regulations and guidelines or other laws and regulations applicable to our business could result in significant liability, additional department of insurance licensing requirements, the revocation of licenses in a particular jurisdiction and/or our
inability to sell health insurance plans, which could significantly increase our operating expenses and otherwise harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Moreover, an adverse regulatory action in one jurisdiction could result
in penalties and adversely affect our license status or reputation in other jurisdictions due to the requirement that adverse regulatory actions in one jurisdiction be reported to other jurisdictions. We also are required to maintain health
insurance licenses to sell Medicare products. Even if the allegations in any regulatory or other action against us are proven false, any surrounding negative publicity could harm consumer, marketing partner or health insurance carrier confidence in
us, which could significantly damage our brand. Because some consumers, marketing partners and health insurance carriers may not be comfortable with the concept of purchasing health insurance using the Internet, any negative publicity may affect us
more than it would others in the health insurance industry and would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. Changes in insurance laws, regulations and guidelines may also be incompatible with various aspects of our business
and require that we make significant modifications to our existing technology or practices, which may be costly and time-consuming to implement and could also harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

In addition, we have received, and may in the future receive, inquiries from regulators regarding our marketing and business practices.
We typically respond by explaining how we believe we are in compliance with relevant regulations or may modify our practices in connection with the inquiry. Any modification of our marketing or business practices in response to future regulatory
inquiries could harm our business, operating results or financial condition.

Risks Related to the Internet and Electronic Commerce

Our business is subject to online commerce security risks and, if we are unable to safeguard the security and
privacy of confidential data, our business will be harmed.

Our services involve the collection and storage of
confidential information of consumers and the transmission of this information to their chosen health insurance carriers. For example, we collect names, addresses, Social Security and credit card numbers, and information regarding the medical
history of consumers in connection with their applications for health insurance. We cannot guarantee that we will be free of security breaches. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to protect against security breaches
or to alleviate problems caused by security breaches. Despite our implementation of security measures, techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to sabotage systems change frequently. As a result, we may be unable to anticipate these
techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures. Any compromise or perceived compromise of our security could damage our reputation and our relationship with our members, marketing partners and health insurance carriers, could reduce
demand for our services and could subject us to significant liability as well as regulatory action, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, in the event that data security laws are implemented, or our
health insurance carrier or

other partners determine to impose new requirements on us relating to data security, we may not be able to timely comply with such requirements or such requirements may not be compatible with our
current processes. Changing our processes could be time consuming and expensive, and failure to timely implement required changes could result in our inability to sell health insurance plans in a particular jurisdiction or for a particular health
insurance carrier or subject us to liability for non-compliance, any of which would damage our business, operating results and financial condition.

Government regulation of the Internet could adversely affect our business.

The laws governing general commerce on the Internet remain unsettled and it may take years to fully determine whether and how existing laws such as those governing intellectual property, privacy and
taxation apply to the Internet. In addition, the growth and development of the market for electronic commerce may prompt calls for more stringent consumer protection laws that may impose additional burdens on companies conducting business over the
Internet. Any new laws or regulations or new interpretations of existing laws or regulations relating to the Internet could harm our business and we could be forced to incur substantial costs in order to comply with them, which would harm our
business, operating results and financial condition.

Our business could be harmed if we are unable to correspond with
our consumers or market the availability of our ecommerce platform by email.

We use email to market our services to
potential members and as the primary means of communicating with our existing members. The laws and regulations governing the use of email for marketing purposes continue to evolve and the growth and development of the market for commerce over the
Internet may lead to the adoption of additional legislation. If new laws or regulations are adopted, or existing laws and regulations are interpreted, to impose additional restrictions on our ability to send email to our members or potential
members, we may not be able to communicate with them in a cost-effective manner. In addition to legal restrictions on the use of email, Internet service providers and others attempt to block the transmission of unsolicited email, commonly known as
spam. If an Internet service provider or software program identifies email from us as spam, we can be placed on a restricted list that will block our email to members or potential members who maintain email accounts with
these Internet service providers or who use these software programs. If we are unable to communicate by email with our members and potential members as a result of legislation, blockage or otherwise, our business, operating results and financial
condition would be harmed.

Consumers depend upon third-party service providers to access our website, and our business
and operating results could be harmed as a result of technical difficulties experienced by these service providers.

Consumers using our website depend upon Internet, online and other service providers for access to our website. Many of these service
providers have experienced significant outages, delays and other difficulties in the past and could experience them in the future. Any significant interruption in access to our website or increase in our websites response time as a result of
these difficulties could damage our relationship with insurance carriers, marketing partners and existing and potential members and could harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock

The trading price of our common stock may be subject to significant fluctuations and volatility, and our stockholders may be unable to resell their shares at a profit.

The stock markets, in general, and the markets for high technology stocks in particular, have historically experienced high levels of
volatility. The market for technology stocks has been extremely volatile and frequently reaches levels that bear no relationship to the past or present operating performance of those companies. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affect
the trading price of our common stock. In addition, the trading price of our common stock has been subject to significant fluctuations and may continue to fluctuate or decline, particularly as a result of developments relating to health care reform
legislation. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock include, but are not limited to, the following:

price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;

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significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of technology companies in general, and companies in our industry;

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actual or anticipated changes in our results of operations or fluctuations in our operating results;

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actual or anticipated changes in the expectations of investors or securities analysts, including changes in financial estimates or investment
recommendations by securities analysts who follow our business and changes in perceptions relating to the economy;

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speculation in the press or investment community;

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technological advances or introduction of new products by us or our competitors;

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actual or anticipated developments in our competitors businesses or the competitive landscape generally;

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litigation involving us, our industry or both;

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actual or anticipated regulatory developments in the United States or foreign countries, including health care reform legislation in the United States;

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major catastrophic events;

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announcements or developments relating to the economy;

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our sale of common stock or other securities in the future;

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the trading volume of our common stock, as well as sales of large blocks of our stock; or

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departures of key personnel.

These factors, as well as general economic and political conditions and the announcement of proposed and completed acquisitions or other significant transactions, or any difficulties associated with such
transactions, by us or our strategic partners, customers or our current competitors, may materially adversely affect the market price of our common stock in the future. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a
companys securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against that company. Such litigation could result in substantial cost and a diversion of managements attention and resources. In addition, volatility,
lack of positive performance in our stock price or changes to our overall compensation program, including our equity incentive program, may adversely affect our ability to retain key employees.

A limited number of stockholders have the ability to influence the outcome of director elections and other matters requiring
stockholder approval.

A small number of greater than 5% stockholders and their affiliated entities beneficially owned
approximately sixty percent of our outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2010. These stockholders, if they act together, could exert substantial influence over matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of
directors, the amendment of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the approval of mergers or other business combination transactions. This concentration of ownership may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company,
which could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their stock as part of a sale of our company and might reduce our stock price. These actions may be taken even if they are opposed by other stockholders.

Certain provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could discourage takeover attempts and lead to management
entrenchment.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of delaying
or preventing changes in control or changes in our management without the consent of our board of directors. These provisions include:

a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which may delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of
our board of directors;

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cumulative voting in the election of directors is prohibited, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates;

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the exclusive right of our board of directors to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or the
resignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;

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the ability of our board of directors to determine to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares,
including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquiror;

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a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our
stockholders;

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the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by the chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the
board of directors, which may delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors; and

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advance notice procedures that stockholders must comply with in order to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be
acted upon at a stockholders meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirors own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

We are also subject to certain anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law. Under Delaware law, a
corporation may, in general, not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the transaction.

The following table sets forth the location, approximate square footage and primary use of each of the principal properties we occupied at December 31, 2010:

Location

ApproximateSquareFootage

Primary Use

Mountain View, California  East Middlefield Road

17,740

Corporate headquarters, marketing and advertising, technology and content and general and administrative

Mountain View, California  North Whisman Road

7,744

General and administrative

Gold River, California

38,897

Customer care and enrollment, technology and content and general and administrative

San Francisco, California

6,500

Marketing and advertising and general and administrative

Salt Lake City, Utah

12,980

Customer care and enrollment

Maynard, Massachusetts

11,174

Marketing and advertising and technology and content

Xiamen, China

48,873

Technology and content, customer care and enrollment, marketing and advertising and general and administrative

We lease or sublease all of these properties. We believe our existing facilities will be adequate to meet our needs for the next twelve
months.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of our business, we have received and may continue to receive inquiries from regulators relating to various matters. We have also become, and may in the future become, involved in
litigation in the ordinary course of our business.

Our common stock has been quoted on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol EHTH since our initial public offering on
October 13, 2006. Prior to that time, there was no public market for our stock. As of February 28, 2011, there were 67 stockholders of record of our common stock (which does not include the number of stockholders holding shares of our
common stock in street name) and the closing price of our common stock was $12.54 per share on February 28, 2011 as reported by The NASDAQ Global Market.

The following table sets forth for the indicated period the closing high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market.

High

Low

First Quarter 2010

$

18.88

$

15.75

Second Quarter 2010

$

15.75

$

11.14

Third Quarter 2010

$

12.91

$

9.54

Fourth Quarter 2010

$

15.93

$

12.62

Year 2010

$

18.88

$

9.54

High

Low

First Quarter 2009

$

16.44

$

11.67

Second Quarter 2009

$

19.19

$

14.05

Third Quarter 2009

$

18.90

$

14.20

Fourth Quarter 2009

$

16.65

$

13.07

Year 2009

$

19.19

$

11.67

Dividend Policy

We have never declared or paid any cash dividend on our common stock. We currently do not expect to pay any dividends
in the foreseeable future.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

During the quarter ended December 31, 2010, we did not issue or sell any shares of our common stock or other equity securities
pursuant to unregistered transactions in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On November 12, 2008, we
announced that our board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which up to 2,507,950 shares could be repurchased, for a total cost not to exceed $30 million. This stock repurchase program was completed in September 2009
when a cumulative balance of approximately $30 million of common stock, including commissions, had been repurchased. On July 27, 2010, we announced that our board of directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us to purchase up to
$30 million of our common stock. This stock repurchase program was completed in January 2011 when a cumulative balance of approximately $30 million of common stock, including commissions, had been repurchased. The cost of the repurchased shares was
funded from available working capital for these stock repurchase programs. Share repurchases under these programs complied with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All shares repurchased under the programs were
returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. For accounting purposes, common stock repurchased under the programs was recorded

based upon the settlement date of the applicable trade. Such repurchased shares are held in treasury and are presented using the cost method.

The stock repurchase activity under our stock repurchase programs during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010 is summarized as
follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Total Number ofSharesPurchased

Average PricePaid per Share(1)

Amount ofRepurchase

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2008

50,657

$

12.61

$

639

Repurchases of common stock during 2009

1,827,193

$

16.07

29,360

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2009

1,877,850

$

15.97

29,999

Repurchases of common stock during 2010

2,026,802

$

12.93

26,204

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2010

3,904,652

$

14.39

$

56,203

(1)

Average price paid per share includes commissions

In addition to the 3,904,652 shares repurchased under our repurchase programs as of December 31, 2010, we have in treasury 51,476 shares that were surrendered by employees to satisfy tax withholdings
due in connection with the vesting of certain restricted stock units. As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, we had a total of 3,956,128 shares and 1,894,355 shares, respectively, held in treasury.

The following table summarizes the stock repurchase activity for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and the approximate dollar
value of shares that may yet be purchased pursuant to our stock repurchase program:

The following information relating to the price performance of our common stock shall not be deemed filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or soliciting material under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, or to liabilities under Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we
specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material or to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference.

The graph below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock with the cumulative total returns on the NASDAQ Composite index and the Research Data Group (RDG) Internet
Composite index for the period between our initial public offering on October 13, 2006 and December 31, 2010, assuming an investment of $100 at the beginning of such period and the reinvestment of any dividends. Pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission rules, the starting value of the investment in our common stock is based on the closing price of our common stock on October 13, 2006, or $22.90 per share. It is not based on our $14.00 per share initial public offering
price.

10/13/06

12/29/06

12/31/07

12/31/08

12/31/09

12/31/10

eHealth, Inc.

100.00

87.82

140.22

57.99

71.75

61.97

NASDAQ Composite

100.00

107.65

117.62

68.58

99.98

121.53

RDG Internet Composite

100.00

111.66

136.46

73.99

138.60

143.35

The stock price performance included
in this graph is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

The following selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and with our
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We are the leading online source of health insurance for
individuals, families and small businesses. Through our website addresses (www.eHealth.com, www.eHealthInsurance.com, www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com), consumers can get quotes from leading health
insurance carriers, compare plans side by side, and apply for and purchase individual and family, small business, short-term, ancillary and Medicare-related health insurance plans. Our ecommerce technology also enables us to deliver consumers
health insurance applications electronically to health insurance carriers. As a result, we simplify and streamline the complex and traditionally paper-intensive health insurance sales and purchasing process.

We have invested heavily in technology and content related to our ecommerce platform. We have also invested significant time and
resources in obtaining licenses to sell health insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, developing diverse member acquisition programs and establishing relationships with over 180 leading insurance carriers, enabling us to offer
thousands of health insurance plans online. Our ecommerce platform can be accessed directly through our website as well as through our network of marketing partners.

We generate revenue primarily from commissions we receive from health insurance carriers whose individual, family and small business policies are purchased through our ecommerce platform. The commission
payments we receive are typically a percentage of the premium on an individual, family or small business health insurance policy that we sold and are made to us on a monthly basis for as long as a policy remains active with us. As a result, much of
our revenue for a given financial reporting period relates to policies that we sold prior to the beginning of the period and is recurring in nature. Additionally, health insurance pricing, which is set by the health insurance carrier and approved by
state regulators, is not subject to negotiation or discounting by health insurance carriers or our competitors.

In April
2010, we acquired PlanPrescriber, Inc. (PlanPrescriber, formerly Experion Systems, Inc.), a privately-held company. PlanPrescriber is a leading provider of online tools to help seniors navigate Medicare health insurance options.

We began actively marketing the availability of Medicare-related health insurance plans during 2010 through our online
Medicare plan platforms (www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com). These platforms enable consumers to research and compare Medicare-related health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and
Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business is primarily referral fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms that are delivered and sold to third parties. In 2010 we also
launched online application capabilities for certain Medicare plans, and telephonic enrollment capabilities through our new customer care center in Salt Lake City, Utah. To the extent that we assist in the sale of Medicare-related insurance plans as
a health insurance agent, we generate revenue from commissions we receive from health insurance carriers.

We also derive
revenue from licensing the use of our health insurance ecommerce technology. Our technology platform enables health insurance carriers and agents to market and distribute health insurance plans online. Health insurance carriers or agents that
license our technology typically pay us implementation fees and performance-based fees that are based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications. We also recently began to license our ecommerce technology for use by government
agencies and intend to market it to states implementing health insurance exchanges as a result of health care reform legislation. In our government technology licensing business, we may earn a combination of fixed license fees and time- and
materials-based fees or we may be paid performance-based fees.

In March 2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were signed into law. These health care reform laws contain

provisions that have and will continue to change the health insurance industry in substantial ways. Among several other provisions, they include a mandate requiring individuals to be insured or
face tax penalties; a mandate that certain employers offer their employees group health insurance coverage or face tax penalties; prohibitions against insurance companies using pre-existing health conditions as a reason to deny an application for
health insurance; medical loss ratio requirements that require each health insurance carrier to spend a certain percentage of their premium revenue on reimbursement for clinical services and activities that improve health care quality; establishment
of state and/or federal health insurance exchanges to facilitate access to, and the purchase of, health insurance; and subsidies and cost-sharing credits to make health insurance more affordable for those below certain income levels.

While many aspects of health care reform do not become effective until 2014, health insurance carriers are required to maintain medical
loss ratios of eighty percent in their individual and family health insurance business beginning in 2011. The implementation of the medical loss ratio requirements by insurance carriers has resulted in a reduction in the commission rates that we are
paid as a result of our selling individual and family health insurance plans. These reductions will begin to impact our individual and family health insurance plan commission-based revenue starting in 2011.

Sources of Revenue

Commission Revenue

We generate most of our revenue from commissions paid to us by health insurance carriers whose health insurance policies we have sold. Commission revenue represented 90%, 88% and 84% of our total revenue
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.

Our commission revenue generally represents a
percentage of the insurance premium and, to a much lesser extent, commission override payments that insurance carriers pay us for achieving sales volume thresholds or other objectives. Commission rates vary by carrier and by the type of plan
purchased by a member. Commission rates also can vary based upon the amount of time that the policy has been active, with commission rates for individual and family policies typically being higher in the first twelve months of the policy. After the
first twelve months, commission rates generally decline significantly. As a result, if we do not add a sufficient number of members on new policies, our revenue growth will be negatively impacted. Individuals, families and small businesses
purchasing health insurance through us typically pay their premiums on a monthly basis. Insurance carriers typically pay us our commissions monthly, after they receive the premium payment from the member. For certain Medicare health insurance
policies, we receive an annual commission payment at the beginning of the policy year. We generally continue to receive the commission payment from the relevant insurance carrier until the health insurance policy is cancelled or we otherwise do not
remain the agent on the policy. As a result, the majority of our revenue is recurring in nature and has grown in correlation with the growth we have experienced in our membership base.

Our commission revenue has grown principally as a result of our penetration of the individual and family health insurance market and
corresponding growth in our membership. We estimate that as of December 31, 2010 we had approximately 778,300 members compared to an estimated 728,000 members at December 31, 2009. We define a member as an individual covered by an
insurance plan for which we are entitled to receive compensation. During the year ended December 31, 2010, we experienced a 2% decrease in the number of applications submitted through us for individual and family health insurance, compared to
the year ended December 31, 2009. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the number of individuals approved for individual and family major medical health insurance plans decreased 3% over the number of individuals that were approved
during the year ended December 31, 2009. We believe the decrease in the number of applications submitted through us for individual and family health insurance and in the number of individuals approved for individual and family major medical
health insurance plans during 2010 was impacted by a number of factors, including consumer confusion related to the timing and impact of the federal health care reform legislation, weak

macro-economic conditions and the federal subsidy for health benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). During the fourth quarter of 2010, we
believe that the number of individual and family submitted health insurance applications was further impacted by our decision to reduce our marketing and advertising spending in our online advertising channel relating to those plans and to redirect
a portion of this expense to our Medicare plan business. Individual and family health insurance submitted application volumes during the fourth quarter of 2010 were also impacted by several provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act that became effective in September 2010, including certain minimum benefit requirements and prohibitions against insurance companies using pre-existing health conditions as a reason to deny a health insurance application of a child under
the age of 19. As a result, health insurance carriers were making changes to their plans during the fourth quarter of 2010, which decreased available plan inventory on our ecommerce platform. We also believe our health insurance carrier partners
adopted more stringent underwriting practices during 2010.

We recognize commission revenue when commissions are reported to
us by a health insurance carrier, net of an allowance for future forfeiture amounts payable to carriers due to policy cancellations. Commissions are reported to us by a cash payment and commission statement. We generally receive these
communications simultaneously. In instances when we receive the cash payment and commission statement separately and in different accounting periods, we recognize revenue in the period that we receive the earliest communication, provided we receive
the second corroborating communication within ten business days following the end of the accounting period. If the second corroborating communication is not received within ten business days following the end of the accounting period, we recognize
revenue in the period the second communication is received. We use the data in the commission statements to help identify the members for which we are receiving a commission payment and the amount received for each member, and to estimate our
allowance for forfeitures payable to carriers. As a result, we recognize the net amount of compensation earned as the agent in the transaction. Commission override revenue, which we recognize on the same basis as premium commissions, is generally
reported to us in a more irregular pattern than premium commissions. As a result, our revenue for a particular quarter could be higher or lower than expectations due to the timing of the reporting of commission override revenue to us.

We began actively marketing the availability of Medicare-related health insurance plans during 2010 through our online Medicare plan
platforms (www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com). These platforms enable consumers to research and compare Medicare-related health insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D
prescription drug plans. While the revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business has been primarily referral fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms, we also launched in 2010 online application capabilities for
certain Medicare plans and telephonic enrollment capabilities through our new customer care center in Salt Lake City, Utah. To the extent that we assist in the sale of Medicare-related insurance plans as a health insurance agent, we generate revenue
from commissions we receive from health insurance carriers, and these Medicare commissions are included in commission revenue.

Revenue attributable to major medical individual and family health insurance plans represented approximately 88%, 91% and 91% of our
commission revenue in the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Revenue attributable to major medical individual and family health insurance plans in the year ended December 31, 2010 included a one-time commission
payment of $6.0 million which we received from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided. Major medical individual and family health insurance plans do not
include small business, short-term, stand-alone dental, life, student and Medicare-related health insurance plans.

In March
2010, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related amendments in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act were signed into law. Among the many provisions included in these health care reform laws are medical loss ratio
requirements that require each health insurance carrier to spend a certain percentage of their premium revenue on reimbursement for clinical services and activities that

improve health care quality beginning in 2011. The implementation of the medical loss ratio requirements by insurance carriers has resulted in a reduction in the commission rates that we are paid
as a result of our selling individual and family health insurance plans. These reductions will begin to impact our individual and family health insurance plan commission-based revenue starting in 2011.

Using data from the third quarter of 2010, we estimate the amount by which our average individual and family plan base commission rate
has changed to be a decline from just over 10% of premium to just below 7%. The estimate of the change in the average rate is calculated by applying the changes in the first and subsequent year commission rates to our membership as of the end of the
third quarter of 2010, as if all changes were effective immediately for all individual and family health insurance plan members. Our estimate is revenue-weighted so that a rate reduction implemented by a health insurance carrier with a larger member
base with us had a larger impact on the resulting average rate than a change by a carrier with a smaller member base. We also estimated changes for a minority of health insurance carriers which we believe had not completed a review of their
commission rates. The commission rate changes apply prospectively to applicable commissions earned on or after January 1, 2011 and the majority of the changes apply only to commissions earned on new members approved in 2011 and thereafter. For
the majority of members that were approved prior to the effective date of the commission rate changes, we will continue to be paid commissions at the rates in effect prior to the changes. As a result, the new estimated average base commission rate
computed above will phase in over time. Since the calculation is an estimate of the magnitude of the commission changes using our membership composition as of the end of the third quarter of 2010, including the mix by health insurance carrier and
plan for past sales, as well as the current mix of members between first year and renewal year, our actual future base commission rate will differ from the estimated rate. The actual commission rate will depend on the mix of future approved members
by state, health insurance carrier and plan and the mix between members approved prior to the commission rate changes and those approved after the changes, among other factors. We also expect that in addition to the base commission rate changes,
other programs that health insurance carriers have supported, such as commission overrides and sponsorship advertising programs, may be reduced as carriers work to comply with the new medical loss ratio requirements. Based on information currently
available to us, we expect commission revenue to decrease in absolute dollars and as a percentage of total revenue in 2011 compared to 2010.

Other Revenue

In addition to the commission revenue we derive from
the sale of health insurance plans, we derive revenue from generating and delivering leads, primarily for Medicare plans, from licensing the use of our ecommerce technology and from our online sponsorship and advertising program.

Medicare Lead Referral. Our online Medicare plan platforms (www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com),
enable consumers to research and compare Medicare-related insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business is primarily
referral fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms that are delivered and sold to third parties. The majority of our lead referral revenue occurs during the Medicare annual enrollment period, which occurs during the fourth
quarter of the calendar year.

Technology Licensing. We derive revenue from licensing the use of our health insurance
ecommerce technology. Our technology platform enables health insurance carriers and agents to market and distribute health insurance plans online. In our technology licensing business, we are paid implementation fees and performance-based fees that
are based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications. Typically, we are paid a one-time implementation fee, which we recognize on a straight-line basis over the estimated term of the customer relationship (generally the initial term
of the agreement), commencing once the technology is available for use by the third party. In addition, we typically generate revenue based on performance criteria that are either measured based on data tracked by us, or based on data tracked by the
third party. In instances where the performance criteria data are tracked by us, we recognize revenue in the period of performance. In instances where the performance criteria data are tracked by the third party, we recognize revenue when the
amounts earned are both

fixed and determinable and collection is reasonably assured. Typically, this occurs through our receipt of a cash payment from the third party along with a detailed statement containing the data
that is tracked by the third party.

We recently began to license our ecommerce technology for use by government agencies and
intend to market it to states implementing health insurance exchanges as a result of health care reform legislation. In our government technology licensing business, we may earn a combination of fixed license fees and time- and materials-based fees
or we may be paid performance-based fees. We were recently awarded a contract from the federal government to provide technology and information services relating to the federal governments healthcare reform website. Revenue from this contract
is being recognized on a straight-line basis from the date our technology was available for use by the federal government to the end of the initial one-year term of the contract. The contract is renewable annually for up to three years, at the
option of the federal government.

Online Sponsorship and Advertising. We derive revenue from our online sponsorship
advertising program that allows carriers to purchase advertising space in specific markets in a sponsorship area on our website. In return, we are typically paid a monthly fee and a performance-based fee based on metrics such as submitted health
insurance applications.

Based on information currently available to us, we expect other revenue to increase in absolute
dollars and as a percentage of total revenue in 2011 compared to 2010 as a result of growth in our technology licensing business, as well as growth in revenue derived from fees paid to us through the generation and delivery of leads, primarily for
Medicare-related insurance plans.

Member Acquisition

An important factor in our revenue growth is the growth of our member base. Our marketing initiatives are an important component of our
strategy to grow our member base and are focused on three primary member acquisition channels: direct, marketing partners and online advertising. Our marketing initiatives are primarily designed to encourage consumers to complete an online
application for health insurance on our ecommerce platform. In addition, we may refer Medicare eligible individuals to third parties who may assist them in enrolling in a Medicare plan. Our marketing channels are as follows:

Direct. Our direct member acquisition channel consists of consumers who access our website addresses (www.eHealth.com,
www.eHealthInsurance.com, www.eHealthMedicare.com and www.PlanPrescriber.com) either directly or through algorithmic natural search listings on Internet search engines and directories. For each of the years ended December 31, 2008,
2009 and 2010, applications submitted through us for individual and family health insurance from our direct channel constituted 39%, 42% and 43%, respectively, of all individual and family health insurance applications submitted on our website.

Marketing Partners. Our marketing partner member acquisition channel consists of consumers who access our
websites through a network of affiliate partners and financial services and other companies. Growth in our marketing partner channel depends upon our expanding marketing programs with existing partners and adding new partners to our network. For the
years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, applications submitted through us for individual and family health insurance plans from our marketing partner member acquisition channel constituted approximately 33%, 32% and 29%, respectively, of
all individual and family health insurance applications submitted on our website.

Online Advertising. Our online
advertising member acquisition channel consists of consumers who access our websites through paid keyword search advertising from search engines such as Google, MSN and Yahoo!, as well as various Internet marketing programs such as banner
advertising and email marketing. For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, applications submitted through us for individual and family health insurance plans from our online advertising channel constituted approximately 28%, 26% and
28%, respectively, of all individual and family health insurance applications submitted on our website.

Cost of revenue consists of payments related to
health insurance policies sold to members who were referred to our website by marketing partners with whom we have revenue-sharing arrangements. Cost of revenue also includes direct labor and other direct costs incurred in connection with our
contract with the federal government, as well as the amortization of consideration we paid to certain brokers in connection with the transfer of their health insurance members to us as the new broker of record on the underlying policies. In order to
enter into a revenue-sharing arrangement, marketing partners must be licensed to sell health insurance in the state where the policy is sold. Costs related to revenue-sharing arrangements are expensed as the related revenue is recognized. Initial
direct labor and other direct costs incurred in connection with our contract with the federal government, but prior to the availability of our technology for use by the federal government, were deferred and included in prepaid expenses and other
current assets in our consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and are being amortized to cost of revenue from the date our technology was available for use by the federal government to the end of the initial one-year term of the
contract.

In February 2009, we entered into customer transition and marketing agreements with Health Benefits Direct
Corporation (HBDC). Pursuant to the agreements, HBDC agreed to transfer to us certain of its existing health insurance members, all of which were members on individual and family major medical policies, as the new broker of record on the
underlying policies and agreed to refer future health insurance prospects to us. We paid HBDC initial consideration of $1.3 million, which is being amortized to cost of revenue as we recognize commission revenue related to the transferred members.
In addition, we agreed to pay HBDC a percentage of the commission revenue we receive on the transferred policies, as well as a percentage of the future commission revenue we receive on health insurance policies we sell to prospects HBDC refers to
us. The ongoing revenue-sharing payments are recorded as cost of revenue expense when we recognize the related revenue.

In
November 2010, we entered into an agreement with a partner, whereby the partner transferred certain of its existing Medicare insurance members to us as the broker of record on the underlying policies. Total consideration of $3.3 million is being
amortized to cost of revenue as we recognize commission revenue related to the transferred members over a period of up to five years. Of the $3.3 million total consideration, $2.5 million was paid to the partner in November 2010 and $0.8 million is
payable in February 2011 and is recorded in accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2010.

We expect cost of revenue to increase in absolute dollars in 2011 compared to 2010 due to a full year of direct labor and other direct
costs incurred in connection with our performance under our contract with the federal government and an expected increase in the amount of revenue-sharing expense related to partners.

Marketing and Advertising

Marketing and advertising expenses consist primarily of member acquisition expenses associated with our direct, marketing partner and online advertising member acquisition channels, in addition to
compensation and other expenses related to marketing, business development, partner management, public relations and carrier relations personnel who support our offerings. Our direct channel expenses primarily consist of costs for television
advertising, radio advertising, print advertising, direct mail and email marketing.

Our marketing partner channel expenses
consist primarily of fees paid to marketing partners with which we have a relationship. We compensate a significant number of our marketing partners by paying a fee each time a consumer referral from a partner results in a submitted health insurance
application on our ecommerce platform, regardless of whether the consumers application is approved by the health insurance carrier. Many of our marketing partners have tiered arrangements in which the amount of the fee increases as the volume
of submitted applications we receive from the marketing partner increases over a particular period. We recognize these expenditures in the period when a marketing partners referral results in the submission of a health insurance application on
our website. The number of individual and family health insurance applications submitted through

our ecommerce platform has generally increased in our first quarter compared to our fourth quarter and in our third quarter compared to our second quarter. Conversely, we have generally
experienced a decline or flattening in individual and family submitted applications in our second quarter compared to our first quarter and in our fourth quarter compared to our third quarter. Since a significant portion of our marketing and
advertising expenses are driven by the number of health insurance applications submitted on our website, those expenses are influenced by these patterns. In addition, because the total volume of submitted applications that we receive from our
marketing partners is largely outside of our control, particularly during any short-term period, and because of our tiered marketing partner arrangements, we could incur expenses in excess of, or below, the amounts we had planned in periods of rapid
change in the volume of submitted applications from marketing partner referrals. An unanticipated increase in submitted applications resulting from marketing partner referrals could cause our net income to be lower than our expectation, since the
revenue to be derived from submitted applications that are approved by health insurance carriers will not be recognized until future periods.

Paid keyword search advertising on search engines represents the majority of expenses in our online advertising channel. We incur expenses associated with search engine advertising in the period in which
the consumer clicks on the advertisement. Similar to our marketing partner channel, expenses in our online advertising channel will increase or decrease in relation to any increase or decrease in consumers referred to our website as a result of such
search engine advertising. For example, due to the substantial increase in the number of consumers referred to our website from paid keyword search advertising performed during the Medicare annual enrollment period, we experienced a significant
increase in our Medicare online marketing expenses during our fourth quarter of 2010.

We expect our marketing and advertising
expenses to decrease in absolute dollars in 2011 compared to 2010 primarily due to an expected decline in costs related to paid keyword search advertising during 2011 as a result of the lower lifetime value of an individual and family health
insurance member. The decline in paid search advertising is expected to be partially offset by increased marketing and advertising expenses related to our Medicare plan and government system businesses.

Customer Care and Enrollment

Customer care and enrollment expenses primarily consist of compensation and benefits costs for personnel engaged in pre-sales assistance to applicants who call our customer care center and for enrollment
personnel who assist applicants during the underwriting process. We expect customer care and enrollment expenses to increase in absolute dollars in 2011 compared to 2010 as a result of additional personnel and expenditures necessary to develop
future Medicare plan sales capabilities, as well as costs related to our new customer care center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Technology and Content

Technology and content expenses consist primarily of compensation and benefits costs for personnel associated with developing and enhancing our website technology as well as maintaining our website. A
majority of our technology and content group is located at our wholly owned subsidiary in China, where technology development costs are generally lower than in the United States. We expect technology and content expenses to increase in absolute
dollars in 2011 compared to 2010 due to our continued focus on technology development, technology licensing implementations, an increase in technology and content employees and the enhancement of our current ecommerce platform for Medicare-related
insurance plans.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses include compensation and benefits costs for staff working in our executive, finance, corporate
development, investor relations, government relations, legal, human resources, internal audit, facilities and internal information technology departments. These expenses also include fees paid

for outside professional services, including audit, tax, legal and information technology fees. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars in 2011 compared
to 2010 due to the increased costs necessary to support the future growth of our business.

Amortization of Acquired
Intangible Assets

Acquired intangible assets with finite useful lives, which include purchased technology, pharmacy
and customer relationships, trade names, trademarks and website addresses, are amortized over their estimated useful lives and are reviewed for impairment annually or whenever facts or circumstances suggest that the carrying value of these assets
may not be recoverable.

Net cash provided by operating activities for the period from the consolidated statements of cash flows.

(2)

IFP applications submitted on eHealths website during the period. Applications are counted as submitted when the applicant completes the application, provides a
method for payment and clicks the submit button on our website and submits the application to us. The applicant generally has additional actions to take before the application will be reviewed by the insurance carrier, such as providing additional
information and providing an electronic signature. In addition, an applicant may submit more than one application. We include applications for IFP plans for which we receive commissions as well as other forms of payment. We define our
IFP offerings as major medical individual and family health insurance plans, which does not include small business, short-term, stand-alone dental, life, student or Medicare-related health insurance plans.

(3)

New IFP members reported to eHealth as approved during the period. Some members that are approved by a carrier do not accept the approval and therefore do not become
paying members. Does not include members transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation during 2009.

(4)

New members for all plans reported to eHealth as approved during the period. Some members that are approved by a carrier do not accept the approval and therefore do not
become paying members. Does not include members transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation during 2009.

(5)

Commission revenue (from all sources) recognized during the period from the consolidated statements of income. Commission revenue for the three months ended
December 31, 2010 includes a one-time commission payment of $6.0 million which we received from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided.

(6)

Calculated as commission revenue recognized during the period (see note (5) above) divided by average estimated membership for the period (calculated as beginning
and ending estimated membership for all plans for the period, divided by two). Commission revenue per estimated member for the three months ended December 31, 2010 increased primarily due to a one-time commission payment of $6.0 million which
we received from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided. Ending membership as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 include an estimated 20,000 and 10,000
members, respectively, transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation as of each date, net of estimated cancelations since their transfer.

(7)

Total revenue (from all sources) recognized during the period from the consolidated statements of income.

(8)

Calculated as total revenue recognized during the period (see note (7) above) divided by average estimated membership for the period (calculated as beginning and
ending estimated membership for all plans for the period, divided by two). Commission revenue per estimated member for the three months ended December 31, 2010 increased primarily due to a one-time commission payment of $6.0 million which we
received from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided. Ending membership as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 include an estimated 20,000 and 10,000 members,
respectively, transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation as of each date, net of estimated cancelations since their transfer.

(9)

Estimated number of members active on IFP insurance policies as of the date indicated. Ending membership as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 include an estimated
20,000 and 10,000 members, respectively, transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation as of each date, net of estimated cancelations since their transfer.

(10)

Estimated number of members active on all insurance policies as of the date indicated. Ending membership as of December 31, 2009 and 2010 include an estimated
20,000 and 10,000 members, respectively, transferred from Health Benefits Direct Corporation as of each date, net of estimated cancelations since their transfer.

(11)

Marketing and advertising expenses for the period from the consolidated statements of income.

(12)

Calculated as marketing and advertising expenses for the period (see note (11) above) divided by total revenue for the period (see note (7) above).

(13)

Percentage of IFP submitted applications from applicants who came directly to the eHealth website through algorithmic search engine results or otherwise. See note
(2) above for further information as to what constitutes a submitted application.

Percentage of IFP submitted applications from applicants sourced through eHealths network of marketing partners. See note (2) above for further information
as to what constitutes a submitted application.

(15)

Percentage of IFP submitted applications from applicants sourced through paid search and other online advertising activities. See note (2) above for further
information as to what constitutes a submitted application.

(16)

Calculated as marketing and advertising expenses for the period (see note (11) above) divided by the number of individuals on IFP applications submitted on
eHealths website during the period. This metric may not reflect the true acquisition cost. For the three month periods ended June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2010, the metric includes marketing and advertising expense
for Medicare plans in the numerator.

Our insurance carrier partners bill and collect insurance premiums paid by
our members. Carrier partners do not report to us the number of members that we have as of a given date. The majority of our members who terminate their policies do so by discontinuing their premium payments to the carrier and do not inform us
of the cancellation. Also, some of our members pay their premiums less frequently than monthly. Given the number of months required to observe non-payment of commissions in order to confirm cancellations, we estimate the number of members who
are active on insurance policies as of a specified date. We estimate the number of continuing members on non-small business insurance policies as of a specific date by taking the sum of (i) the number of members for whom we have received a
commission payment for the month that is six months (or three months in the case of short-term, student and dental insurance) prior to the date of estimation (after reducing that number using historical experience for assumed member cancellations
over, as applicable, the three-month or six-month period); and (ii) the number of approved members over the six-month period (or three months in the case of short-term, student and dental insurance) prior to the date of estimation (after
reducing that number using historical experience for an assumed number of members who do not accept their approved policy and for estimated member cancellations through the date of the estimate). We estimate the number of small business group
members using the number of initial members at the time the group is approved, and we update this number for changes in membership if such changes are reported to us by the group or carrier in the period it is reported. However, groups generally
notify the carrier directly of policy cancellations and increases or decreases in group size without informing us. Additionally, our carrier partners often do not communicate this information to us. We often are made aware of policy cancellations at
the time of annual renewal and update our membership statistics accordingly in the period they are reported.

After we have
estimated membership for a period, we may receive information from health insurance carriers that would have impacted the estimate if we had received the information prior to the date of estimation. We may receive commission payments or other
information that indicates that a member who was not included in our estimates for a prior period was in fact an active member at that time, or that a member who was included in our estimates was in fact not an active member of ours. For instance,
we reconcile information carriers provide to us and may determine that we were not historically paid commissions owed to us, which would cause us to have underestimated our membership. Conversely, carriers may require us to return commission
payments paid in a prior period due to policy cancellations for members we previously estimated as being active. We reflect updated information regarding our membership in the membership estimate for the current period that we are estimating, if
applicable. As a result of the delay in our receipt of information from insurance carriers, actual trends in our membership are most discernable over periods longer than from one quarter to the next. In addition, and as a result of the delay we
experience in receiving information about our membership, it is difficult for us to determine with any certainty the impact of current economic and other conditions on our membership retention.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of

contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to, but not limited to, allowances for commission forfeitures payable to carriers, the
assumptions used in determining stock-based compensation, the useful lives of long-lived assets including property and equipment and intangible assets, fair value of intangible assets, valuation allowance for deferred income taxes, provision for
income taxes and fair value of investments. We base our estimates of the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable. In many cases, we could reasonably
have used different accounting policies and estimates. In some cases, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from these estimates.

We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Commission Revenue. We recognize commission revenue when our commission is reported to us by a health insurance carrier, net of an
allowance for future forfeiture amounts payable to carriers due to policy cancellations. Commissions are reported to us by a cash payment and commission statement. We generally receive these communications simultaneously. In instances when we
receive the cash payment and commission statement separately and in different accounting periods, we recognize revenue in the period that we receive the earliest communication, provided we receive the second corroborating communication within ten
business days following the end of the accounting period. If the second corroborating communication is not received within ten business days following the end of the accounting period, we recognize revenue in the period the second communication is
received. We use the data in the commission statements to help identify the members for which we are receiving a commission payment and the amount received for each member, and to estimate our allowance for forfeitures payable to carriers. As a
result, we recognize the net amount of compensation earned as the agent in the transaction.

Our insurance carrier partners
bill and collect insurance premiums that our members pay. We rely on health insurance carriers to report accurately and in a timely manner the amount of commissions earned by us, and we calculate our commission revenues, prepare our financial
reports, projections and budgets, and direct our marketing and other operating efforts based on the reports we receive from them. Each month we analyze the reports we receive from health insurance carriers by comparing them to the database we
maintain on our members. It is often difficult for us to independently determine whether or not carriers are reporting all commissions due to us, primarily because the majority of our members who terminate their policies do so by discontinuing their
premium payments to the carrier instead of by informing us of the cancellation. Also, some of our members pay their premiums less frequently than monthly. This results in our having to identify underpayment or non-payment of commissions on a policy
and follow up with a carrier to obtain an explanation and/or request correction of the amount of commissions paid to us. To the extent that carriers understate or fail to timely and accurately report or pay the amount of commissions due to us, we
will not collect and recognize revenue to which we are entitled, which, if material in amount, would adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.

Commission override revenue, which we recognize on the same basis as premium commissions, is generally reported to us in a more irregular pattern than premium commissions. As a result, our revenues for a
particular quarter could be higher or lower than expectations due to the timing of the reporting of commission override revenue to us.

Certain commission amounts are subject to forfeiture in circumstances where a member has prepaid his or her premium for a future period of coverage and subsequently cancels his or her policy before the
completion of that period. We estimate and record an allowance for these forfeitures based on historical cancellation experience using data provided on commission statements. The forfeitures are typically reported to us by health insurance

carriers one to two months after the commission is reported and paid to us by the carrier. Our estimate of the allowance for forfeitures includes an estimate of both the reporting time lag and
the forfeiture amount. Changes in our historical trends would result in changes to our estimated forfeitures in future periods. There were no changes in our average forfeiture rates or reporting time lag during the years ended December 31,
2008, 2009 and 2010 which had a material impact on our allowance for forfeitures.

Other Revenue. We recognize lead
referral revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery of a lead has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is deemed to have occurred at the time a lead is delivered to
the customer.

Our commercial technology licensing business allows carriers the use of our ecommerce platform to offer their
own health insurance policies on their websites and agents to utilize our technology to power their online quoting, content and application submission processes. Typically, we are paid a one-time implementation fee, which we recognize on a
straight-line basis over the estimated term of the customer relationship (generally the initial term of the agreement), commencing once the technology is available for use by the third party, and a performance fee based on metrics such as submitted
health insurance applications. The metrics used to calculate performance fees for both sponsorship advertising and technology licensing are based on performance criteria that are either measured based on data tracked by us, or based on data tracked
by the third party. In instances where the performance criteria data is tracked by us, we recognize revenue in the period of performance. In instances where the performance criteria data is tracked by the third party, we recognize revenue when the
amounts earned are both fixed and determinable and collection is reasonably assured. Typically, this occurs through our receipt of a cash payment from the third party along with a detailed statement containing the data that is tracked by the third
party. In addition, we have begun to license our technology to government agency customers and we were recently awarded a contract from the federal government to provide technology and information services relating to the federal governments
healthcare reform website.

Our contract with the federal government to provide technology and information services relating
to the federal governments healthcare reform website is a multiple element arrangement. We were not able to establish fair value for each element within the contract and, therefore, accounted for the entire contract as one unit of accounting.
We deferred all revenue related to the contract until our technology was available for use by the federal government. Revenue is being recognized on a straight-line basis from the date our technology was available for use by the federal government
to the end of the initial one-year term of the contract. The contract is renewable annually for up to three additional years, at the option of the federal government.

Our sponsorship advertising program allows carriers to purchase advertising space in specific markets in a sponsorship area on our website. In return, we are typically paid a monthly fee, which is
recognized over the period that advertising is displayed, and often a performance fee based on metrics such as submitted health insurance applications.

Deferred revenue consists of deferred technology licensing implementation fees as well as amounts billed or collected from sponsorship or technology licensing customers in advance of our performing our
service for such customers. It also includes the amount by which both unbilled and billed services provided under our federal government contract exceed the straight-line revenue recognized to date. We defer commission amounts that have been paid to
us related to transactions where our services are complete, but where we cannot currently estimate the allowance for future forfeitures related to those amounts.

We recognize stock-based compensation expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income based on the
fair value of our stock-based awards over their respective vesting periods, which is generally four years. The estimated grant date fair value of our stock-based awards is determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model and a single option
award approach. The weighted-average expected term for stock options granted is calculated using the simplified method, as we do not have sufficient historical option exercise behavior on which to estimate expected terms. The simplified
method defines the expected term as the average of the contractual term and the vesting period of the stock option. We have estimated the volatility used as an input to the model based on an analysis of our stock price since our initial public
offering in October 2006, as well as an analysis of similar public companies for which we have data. We estimate our expected volatility using the weighted-average of: our implied volatility; our mean reversion volatility; and the mean reversion
volatility of similar public companies for which we have data. We have used judgment in selecting these companies, as well as evaluating the available historical and implied volatility data for these companies. The dividend yield is determined by
dividing the expected per share dividend during the coming year by the grant date stock price. Through December 31, 2010, we had not declared or paid any cash dividends, and we do not expect to pay any in the foreseeable future. We base the
risk-free interest rate on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equal to the expected term of our stock options. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based payment
awards represent our best estimates, but these estimates involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management judgment. We will continue to use judgment in evaluating the expected term and volatility related to our own stock-based awards
on a prospective basis, and incorporating these factors into the model. Changes in key assumptions will significantly impact the valuation of such instruments.

Future stock-based compensation expense is dependent upon the fair value of each option at the date each option is granted and the number of awards issued and outstanding during each period. We expect
stock-based compensation expense will increase in the future to the extent the number of equity awards issued and outstanding increases.

Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the
excess of the consideration paid over the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business acquisition. We do not amortize goodwill but test for impairment on an annual basis on or about November 30 of each year and
whenever we become aware of any events occurring or changes in circumstances that would indicate a reduction in its fair value below its carrying amount.

Acquired intangible assets with finite useful lives, which include purchased technology, pharmacy and customer relationships, trade names, trademarks and website addresses, are amortized over their
estimated useful lives and are reviewed for impairment annually on or about November 30 of each year or when facts or circumstances suggest that the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable.

We assess the impairment of goodwill and acquired intangible assets when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying
value of the assets or the asset grouping may not be recoverable. Factors that we consider in deciding when to perform an impairment review include significant negative industry or economic trends or significant changes or planned changes in our use
of the assets. We measure the recoverability of assets that will continue to be used in our operations by comparing the carrying value of the asset grouping to our estimate of the related total future undiscounted net cash flows. If an asset
groupings carrying value is not recoverable through the related undiscounted cash flows, the asset grouping is considered to be impaired. The impairment is measured by comparing the difference between the asset groupings carrying value
and its fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received from selling an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Goodwill and intangible assets are considered non-financial assets, and are
recorded at fair value only when an impairment charge is recognized.

We must make subjective judgments in determining the independent cash flows that can be
related to specific asset groupings. In addition, we must make subjective judgments regarding the remaining useful lives of assets with finite useful lives. When we determine that the useful life of an asset is shorter than we had originally
estimated, we accelerate the rate of amortization over the assets new, remaining useful life.

Accounting for
Income Taxes

We account for income taxes using the liability method. Deferred income taxes are determined based on the
differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, using enacted statutory tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse.

Since tax laws and financial accounting standards differ in their recognition and measurement of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues,
expenses, gains and losses, differences arise between the amount of taxable income and pretax financial income for a year and between the tax bases of assets or liabilities and their reported amounts in our financial statements. Because we assume
that the reported amounts of assets and liabilities will be recovered and settled, respectively, a difference between the tax basis of an asset or a liability and its reported amount in the balance sheet will result in a taxable or a deductible
amount in some future years when the related liabilities are settled or the reported amounts of the assets are recovered, which gives rise to a deferred tax asset or liability. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be
recovered from future taxable income and to the extent we believe that recovery does not meet the more likely than not criteria, we must establish a valuation allowance. Management judgment is required in determining any valuation allowance recorded
against our net deferred tax assets.

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are
required to estimate our income taxes. This process involves estimating our actual current tax expense together with assessing temporary differences that may result in deferred tax assets, as well as discrete tax items during the period, such as
excess tax benefits related to share-based payments.

Assessing the realizability of our deferred tax assets is dependent upon
several factors, including the likelihood and amount, if any, of future taxable income in relevant jurisdictions during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. We forecast taxable income by considering all available
positive and negative evidence, including our history of operating income and losses and our financial plans and estimates that we use to manage the business. These assumptions require significant judgment about future taxable income. As a result,
the amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable is subject to adjustment in future periods if estimates of future taxable income change.

Future changes in various factors, such as the amount of stock-based compensation we record during the period and the related tax benefit we realize upon the exercise of employee stock options, potential
limitations on the use of our federal and state net operating loss credit carry forwards, pending or future tax law changes including rate changes and the tax benefit from or limitations on our ability to utilize research and development credits,
the amount of non-deductible lobbying and acquisition-related costs, changes in our valuation allowance and state and foreign taxes, would impact our estimates, and as a result, could affect our effective tax rate and the amount of income tax
expense we record, and pay, in future periods.

The following table sets forth our operating results and the related percentage of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (dollars in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,

2008

2009

2010

Revenue:

Commission

$

100,839

90

%

$

119,259

88

%

$

135,366

84

%

Other

10,872

10

15,631

12

25,038

16

Total revenue

111,711

100

134,890

100

160,404

100

Operating costs and expenses:

Cost of revenue

1,746

2

4,581

3

5,499

3

Marketing and advertising

42,161

38

53,987

40

60,102

37

Customer care and enrollment

14,379

13

14,769

11

17,810

11

Technology and content

14,182

13

15,685

12

19,241

12

General and administrative

17,983

16

20,028

15

24,055

15

Amortization of acquired intangible assets









1,138

1

Total operating costs and expenses

90,451

81

109,050

81

127,845

80

Income from operations

21,260

19

25,840

19

32,559

20

Interest and other income, net

3,714

3

938

1

9

0

Income before income taxes

24,974

22

26,778

20

32,568

20

Provision for income taxes

10,806

10

11,431

8

15,086

9

Net income

$

14,168

13

%

$

15,347

11

%

$

17,482

11

%

Operating costs and expenses include the following amounts related to stock-based compensation (in
thousands):

Year Ended December 31,

2008

2009

2010

Marketing and advertising

$

644

$

803

$

808

Customer care and enrollment

266

325

384

Technology and content

898

1,194

1,622

General and administrative

1,686

2,513

3,581

Total

$

3,494

$

4,835

$

6,395

Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010

Revenue

The following table presents our commission revenue, other revenue and total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the dollar and percentage change from the prior year
(dollars in thousands):

2010 compared to 2009Commission revenue increased $16.1 million, or 14%,
in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to an increase in our membership. Our estimated membership increased approximately 7% to 778,300 at December 31, 2010 from 728,000 at December 31, 2009. Commission revenue also increased as a result
of a one-time commission payment of $6.0 million which we received from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided. Other revenue increased $9.4 million, or 60%,
in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to an increase in Medicare lead referral revenue and, to a lesser extent, revenues related to our technology licensing contract with the federal government.

2009 compared to 2008Commission revenue increased $18.4 million, or 18%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to
an increase in our membership. Our estimated membership increased approximately 17% to 728,000 at December 31, 2009 from 621,100 at December 31, 2008. Other revenue increased $4.8 million, or 44%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to
an increase of $2.6 million from licensing arrangements related to our technology and an increase of $1.7 million related to sales of carrier sponsorship advertising on our website.

Operating Costs and Expenses

Cost of Revenue

The following table presents our cost of revenue
for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the dollar and percentage change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

Year EndedDecember 31,2008

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2009

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2010

$

%

$

%

Cost of revenue

$

1,746

$

2,835

162

%

$

4,581

$

918

20

%

$

5,499

Percentage of total revenue

2

%

3

%

3

%

2010 compared to
2009Cost of revenue increased $0.9 million, or 20%, in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily as a result of the recognition of $1.9 million of deferred and on-going direct labor and other direct costs related to the agreement we entered
into in July 2010 with the federal government whereby we provide technology and information services relating to the federal governments healthcare reform website. Partially offsetting this increase was a decrease of $0.6 million in the
amortization of the initial consideration paid to HBDC and a decrease of $0.5 million in revenue-sharing expense related to HBDC due to a decrease in the commission revenue we received in 2010 related to certain health insurance members that were
transferred to us. As a percentage of total revenue, cost of revenue was 3% in both 2010 and 2009.

2009 compared to
2008Cost of revenue increased $2.8 million, or 162%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily as a result of our revenue-sharing expense paid to HBDC based on a percentage of commission revenuewe received in 2009 related to
certain health insurance members transferred to us. Additionally, cost of revenue increased due to the amortization of the initial consideration paid to HBDC in the first quarter of 2009. To a lesser extent, cost of revenue increased as a result of
an increase in the number of health insurance policies sold to members who were referred to our website by marketing partners with whom we have revenue-sharing arrangements. As a percentage of total revenue, cost of revenue increased to 3% in 2009
from 2% in 2008.

Marketing and Advertising

The following table presents our marketing and advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the
dollar and percentage change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

2010 compared to 2009Marketing and advertising expenses increased $6.1
million, or 11%, in 2010 compared to 2009. This was primarily due to an increase in online advertising expenses of $7.4 million, of which $3.8 million was Medicare plan related. Online advertising costs increased as a result of an increase in paid
keyword search advertising costs on Internet search engines, as both the cost per click-through and the number of click-throughs from our online advertising channel increased. Partially offsetting the increase in online advertising expenses was a
decrease of $1.1 million in fees we pay to marketing partners for referrals that result in the submission of a health insurance application on our website, due to a decrease in the number of applications submitted on our website through the
marketing partner channel during 2010 compared to 2009. As a percentage of total revenue, total marketing and advertising expenses decreased to 37% in 2010 from 40% in 2009 primarily due to growth in total revenue, as well as the receipt in the
fourth quarter of 2010 of a one-time commission payment of $6.0 million from one of our health insurance carrier partners on a number of existing policies, in which all substantial services had been provided.

2009 compared to 2008Marketing and advertising expenses increased $11.8 million, or 28%, in 2009 compared to 2008.
This was primarily due to an increase in our online advertising expenses of $7.1 million resulting from an increase in paid keyword search advertising costs on Internet search engines, as the cost and number of click-throughs from the online
advertising channel increased. Marketing partner expenses increased $1.9 million due to an increase in the costs per application and the growth in the number of applications submitted on our website through the marketing partner channel during 2009
compared to 2008. Additionally, compensation and benefits costs attributable to marketing and advertising personnel increased $1.6 million associated with an increase in marketing and advertising personnel. We also experienced a decline in the
average number of individuals applying for health insurance per application submitted through the direct, marketing partner and online advertising member acquisition channels. As a percentage of total revenue, total marketing and advertising
expenses increased to 40% in 2009 from 38% in 2008.

Customer Care and Enrollment

The following table presents our customer care and enrollment expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and
dollar and percentage change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

Year EndedDecember 31,2008

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2009

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2010

$

%

$

%

Customer care and enrollment

$

14,379

$

390

3

%

$

14,769

$

3,041

21

%

$

17,810

Percentage of total revenue

13

%

11

%

11

%

2010 compared to
2009Customer care and enrollment expenses increased $3.0 million, or 21%, in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to incremental compensation and benefits costs associated with the new customer care center we established in Salt Lake
City, Utah and, to a lesser extent, with an increase in personnel servicing individual and family health insurance applications submitted through our website. As a result, compensation and benefits increased $2.5 million and facility and operating
costs increased $0.3 million in 2010. As a percentage of total revenue, customer care and enrollment expenses were 11% in both 2010 and 2009.

2009 compared to 2008Customer care and enrollment expenses increased $0.4 million, or 3%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to an increase in compensation and benefits costs
associated with an increase in personnel servicing health insurance applications submitted through our website. As a percentage of total revenue, customer care and enrollment expenses decreased to 11% in 2009 from 13% in 2008 as a result of
economies of scale achieved by our customer care and enrollment operations.

The following table presents our technology and content expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and dollar and
percentage change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

Year EndedDecember 31,2008

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2009

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2010

$

%

$

%

Technology and content

$

14,182

$

1,503

11

%

$

15,685

$

3,556

23

%

$

19,241

Percentage of total revenue

13

%

12

%

12

%

2010 compared to
2009Technology and content expenses increased $3.6 million, or 23%, for 2010 compared to 2009. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $2.4 million in compensation and benefits and other personnel costs associated with an
increase in technology and content personnel, an increase of $0.5 million in annual maintenance fees related to our hardware and software and an increase of $0.4 million in stock-based compensation expense due to additional equity grants to
employees in our technology and content departments. As a percentage of total revenue, technology and content expenses were 12% in both 2010 and 2009.

2009 compared to 2008Technology and content expenses increased $1.5 million, or 11%, in 2009 compared to 2008. This increase was primarily due to an increase of $0.9 million in
compensation and benefits costs associated with an increase in technology and content personnel. Additionally, depreciation expense increased $0.3 million due to purchases of computer hardware and software related to our website and stock-based
compensation costs increased $0.3 million due to additional equity grants to employees in our technology and content departments. As a percentage of total revenue, technology and content expenses decreased to 12% in 2009 from 13% in 2008 as a result
of economies of scale achieved by our technology and content operations.

General and Administrative

The following table presents our general and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009
and 2010 and dollar and percentage change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

Year EndedDecember 31,2008

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2009

Change

Year EndedDecember 31,2010

$

%

$

%

General and administrative

$

17,983

$

2,045

11

%

$

20,028

$

4,027

20

%

$

24,055

Percentage of total revenue

16

%

15

%

15

%

2010 compared to
2009General and administrative expenses increased $4.0 million, or 20%, in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to a $1.5 million increase in professional fees associated with consulting services, a $1.1 million increase in stock-based
compensation expense due to additional equity grants to employees in our general and administrative departments and to members of our board of directors, a $0.8 million increase in compensation and benefits costs due to an increase in general and
administrative personnel, primarily as a result of our acquisition of PlanPrescriber, and $0.6 million of acquisition-related costs related to our purchase of PlanPrescriber. As a percentage of total revenue, general and administrative expenses were
15% in both 2010 and 2009.

2009 compared to 2008General and administrative expenses increased $2.0
million, or 11%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to an increase in compensation and benefits costs of $1.3 million associated with an increase in our general and administrative personnel. Additionally, stock-based compensation expense
increased $0.8 million due to additional equity grants to employees in our general and administrative departments and to board members. Partially offsetting these increases were decreases in recruiting costs and project consultant fees. As a
percentage of total revenue, general and administrative expenses decreased to 15% in 2009 from 16% in 2008 as a result of economies of scale achieved by our general and administrative operations.

2010 compared to 2009Interest and other income, net, decreased in 2010 compared to 2009, primarily due to a decline
in the average yield earned on our invested cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. The decline in the average yield we earned our investments was primarily due to a general market decline in interest rates and was also impacted by the mix
of investments we held during 2010. During 2010, we reduced our investments in higher-yielding marketable securities. Administrative bank fees, investment management fees and interest expense on our capital lease obligations offset interest earned
on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities in 2010. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities decreased to $128.1 million at December 31, 2010 from $153.5 million at December 31, 2009 primarily due to $27.2 million of
net cash used for the acquisition of PlanPrescriber in April 2010 and $26.2 million used to repurchase 2,026,802 shares of eHealths common stock during 2010, partially offset by $20.5 million of cash generated from operations. As a percentage
of total revenue, interest and other income, net decreased to 0% in 2010 from 1% in 2009.

2009 compared to
2008Interest and other income, net, decreased $2.8 million, or 75%, in 2009 compared to 2008, primarily due to a decline in the average yield earned on our invested cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities during the year ended
December 31, 2009 compared to the year ended December 31, 2008. Interest income totaled $1.0 million and $3.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
increased from $150.6 million at December 31, 2008 to $153.5 million at December 31, 2009 primarily due to cash generated from operations of $30.1 million and net proceeds from the exercise of common stock options of $0.9 million,
partially offset by $29.4 million used to repurchase 1,827,193 shares of our common stock, capital expenditures of $1.4 million and initial consideration of $1.3 million paid to HBDC in connection with customer transition and marketing agreements
during 2009. As a percentage of total revenue, interest and other income, net decreased to 1% in 2009 from 3% in 2008.

Provision for
Income Taxes

The following table presents our provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2008, 2009
and 2010 and the dollar change from the prior year (dollars in thousands):

2010In 2010, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $15.1 million,
representing an effective tax rate of 46.3%. Our effective tax rate in 2010 was higher than statutory federal and state tax rates due primarily to non-deductible lobbying expenses, tax shortfalls related to share-based payments, non-deductible
acquisition-related costs incurred as a result of our purchase of PlanPrescriber and additional state tax expense resulting from adjusting state deferred tax assets for a reduction in California apportionment.

2009In 2009, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $11.4 million, representing an effective tax rate of 42.7%
for 2009. Our effective tax rate in 2009 was higher than statutory federal and state tax rates primarily due to non-deductible lobbying expenses and tax shortfalls related to share-based payments, partially offset by an income tax benefit adjustment
related to an increase in our deferred income tax assets resulting from a reduction in estimated limitations on both our federal and California net operating loss carry forwards.

2008We recorded a provision for income taxes in 2008 of $10.8 million, representing an effective tax rate of 43.3%
for 2008. Our effective tax rate in 2008 was higher than statutory federal and state tax rates primarily due to tax shortfalls related to share-based payments.

New California tax legislation in 2008 and again in 2010 limited our ability to utilize net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards to reduce our state income taxes payable in the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Our cash outlay for federal and state taxes was $0.1 million, $3.0 million and $2.6 million in the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Our cash outlay increased in the years 2009
and 2010, compared to 2008 due to the inability to use our net operating loss carry forwards in California to reduce our current tax liability.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At December 31, 2010, our cash and cash equivalents totaled $128.1 million. Cash equivalents are comprised of financial instruments with an original maturity of 90 days or less from the date of
purchase, primarily money market funds. At December 31, 2010 we held no marketable securities. At December 31, 2009, our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $153.5 million. Marketable securities were comprised
primarily of available-for-sale financial instruments with original maturities of more than 90 days but less than two years from the date of purchase. Marketable securities that are available for use in current operations are classified as current
assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets regardless of the remaining time to maturity.

On November 12,
2008, we announced that our board of directors authorized a stock repurchase program, pursuant to which up to 2,507,950 shares could be repurchased, for a total cost not to exceed $30 million. This stock repurchase program was completed in September
2009 when a cumulative balance of approximately $30 million of common stock, including commissions, had been repurchased. On July 27, 2010, we announced that our board of directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us to purchase
up to $30 million of our common stock. This stock repurchase program was completed in January 2011 when a cumulative balance of approximately $30 million of common stock, including commissions, had been repurchased. The cost of the repurchased
shares was funded from available working capital for these stock repurchase programs. Share repurchases under these programs complied with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All shares repurchased under the programs
were returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of common stock. For accounting purposes, common stock repurchased under the programs was recorded based upon the settlement date of the applicable trade. Such repurchased shares are held
in treasury and are presented using the cost method.

The stock repurchase activity under our stock repurchase programs during the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2010 is summarized as follows (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Total Numberof SharesPurchased

Average PricePaid per Share (1)

Amount ofRepurchase

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2008

50,657

$

12.61

$

639

Repurchases of common stock during 2009

1,827,193

$

16.07

29,360

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2009

1,877,850

$

15.97

29,999

Repurchases of common stock during 2010

2,026,802

$

12.93

26,204

Cumulative balance at December 31, 2010

3,904,652

$

14.39

$

56,203

(1)

Average price paid per share includes commissions

The following table presents a summary of our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31,

2008

2009

2010

Net cash provided by (used in):

Operating activities

$

30,194

$

30,086

$

20,509

Investing activities

(18,706

)

30,675

(10,601

)

Financing activities

1,206

(23,562

)

(13,166

)

The cash flow statement
for 2010 includes a $27.1 million cash flow benefit from deferred income taxes, of which approximately $14.3 million of tax benefit, primarily from the utilization of net operating loss carry forwards, is included in cash flow from operations and
$12.8 million of net operating loss carry forwards, from the utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments. The utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments is also shown in the cash flow statements for
2010 as both a decrease in cash flow from operating activities and an increase in cash flow from financing activities.

The
cash flow statement for 2009 includes a $14.3 million cash flow benefit from taxes, of which approximately $9.3 million of tax benefit, primarily from the utilization of net operating loss carry forwards, is included in cash flow from operations and
$5.0 million of net operating loss carry forwards, from the utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments. The utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments is also shown in the cash flow statements for 2009
as both a decrease in cash flow from operating activities and an increase in cash flow from financing activities.

The cash
flow statement for 2008 includes a $9.7 million cash flow benefit from taxes, of which approximately $9.4 million of tax benefit, primarily from the utilization of net operating loss carry forwards, is included in cash flow from operations and $0.3
million of net operating loss carry forwards, from the utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments. The utilization of excess tax benefits related to share-based payments is also shown in the cash flow statements for 2008 as
both a decrease in cash flow from operating activities and an increase in cash flow from financing activities.

Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities primarily consists of net income, adjusted for certain non-cash items including deferred income taxes, depreciation and amortization, amortization and accretion on
marketable securities, net, stock-based compensation expense, excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation, and the effect of changes in working capital and other activities.

2010Our operating activities generated cash of $20.5 million during the
year ended December 31, 2010 and consisted of net income of $17.5 million, increased by non-cash items of $11.2 million and partially offset by cash used for working capital and other activities of $8.2 million. Adjustments for non-cash items
primarily consisted of $14.3 million of deferred income taxes, $6.4 million of stock-based compensation expense and $2.2 million of depreciation and amortization and $1.1 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets, partially offset by
$12.8 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation. Cash used for working capital and other activities primarily consisted of an increase of $8.1 million in accounts receivable primarily due to the seasonality of our Medicare
business, a decrease of $3.0 million in other current liabilities, an increase of $1.1 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets and a decrease of $0.5 million in accounts payable, partially offset by an increase of $2.4 million in
deferred revenue and an increase of $2.3 million in accrued compensation and benefits.

2009Our operating
activities generated cash of $30.1 million during the year ended December 31, 2009 and consisted of net income of $15.3 million adjusted by non-cash items of $12.1 million and cash provided by working capital and other activities of $2.6
million. Adjustments for non-cash items primarily consisted of $9.4 million of deferred income taxes, $4.8 million of stock-based compensation expense, $2.2 million of depreciation and amortization and $0.7 million of amortization and accretion on
marketable securities, net, partially offset by $5.0 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation. Cash provided by working capital and other activities primarily consisted of an increase of $1.1 million in accounts payable and an
increase of $0.7 million in accrued marketing expenses.

2008Our operating activities generated cash of
$30.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2008 and consisted of net income of $14.2 million adjusted by non-cash items of $14.5 million and cash provided by working capital and other activities of $1.5 million. Adjustments for non-cash
items primarily consisted of $9.5 million of deferred income taxes, $3.5 million of stock-based compensation expense and $1.9 million of depreciation and amortization. Cash provided by working capital and other activities primarily consisted of an
increase of $0.7 million in accrued marketing expenses, an increase of $0.7 million in accounts payable and an increase of $0.6 million in other current liabilities, partially offset by an increase of $0.7 million in accounts receivable.

The timing of the recognition of our commission revenue depends upon the timing of our receipt of commission reports and associated
commission payments from health insurance carriers. If we were to experience a delay in receiving a commission payment from a health insurance carrier at the end of a quarter, our operating cash flows for that quarter could be negatively impacted.
Additionally, commission override payments are reported to us in a more irregular pattern than premium commissions. For example, a carrier may make a commission override payment to us on an annual basis, which would positively impact our cash flows
in the quarter the payment is received. The majority of our annual commission override payments are typically received during the first quarter of the year.

Historically, we have experienced a reduction in operating cash flows during the first quarter of the year due to the payment of annual performance bonuses to employees. In addition, a significant portion
of our marketing and advertising expenses are driven by the number of health insurance applications submitted on our ecommerce platform. Since our marketing and advertising costs are expensed as incurred and the revenue from approved applications is
recognized as commissions are subsequently reported to us, our operating cash flows could be negatively impacted by a substantial increase in the volume of applications submitted during a quarter or positively impacted by a substantial decline in
the volume of applications submitted during a quarter. Starting with the fourth quarter of 2010 we began to experience seasonality impacting the timing of our cash flow resulting from our Medicare plan-related activities. In our Medicare plan
business, we generate the majority of referral fees during the fourth quarter. We also incur a significant portion of our Medicare plan related marketing expenses during the fourth quarter. We may not be paid for a considerable portion of the
referral fees owed to us until the first quarter. This seasonality pattern results from the timing of the annual enrollment period when

Medicare-eligible individuals can make changes to their Medicare Advantage or Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage for the following year.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities primarily consist of purchases, sales and maturities of marketable securities and purchases of computer hardware and software to enhance our website and to support our growth. It
also included cash paid in connection with an acquisition in 2010, as well as consideration paid in connection with the transfer to us of certain Medicare plan members for whom we expect to earn future commissions. Marketable securities have
generally consisted of investment grade corporate and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise debt securities, commercial paper and certificates of deposit that have a maturity of more than 90 days but less than two years from the date of purchase and
are available for use in current operations. These investments are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as a component of stockholders equity in the consolidated balance sheets and in comprehensive
income on the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

2010Net cash used in investing
activities of $10.6 million during 2010 was attributable to net cash paid of $27.2 million in connection with the acquisition of PlanPrescriber, capital expenditures of $2.9 million and initial consideration of $2.5 million paid to a partner in
connection with a customer transition agreements, partially offset by maturities of marketable securities of $22.1 million.

2009Net cash provided by investing activities of $30.7 million during 2009 was attributable to maturities and sales
of marketable securities of $73.9 million, partially offset by purchases of marketable securities of $40.6 million, capital expenditures of $1.4 million and initial consideration of $1.3 million paid to HBDC in connection with customer transition
and marketing agreements.

2008Net cash used in investing activities of $18.7 million during 2008 was
attributable to purchases of marketable securities of $85.7 million and capital expenditures of $2.5 million, partially offset by sales and maturities of marketable securities of $10.1 million and $59.3 million, respectively. Capital expenditures in
2008 were impacted by a project relating to the expansion of our data center operations.

Financing Activities

2010 Net cash used in financing activities of $13.2 million during 2010 was due to $26.2 million
used to repurchase 2,026,802 shares of our common stock and $0.6 million used to net share settle equity awards,partially offset by $12.8 million of excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation and $0.8 million of proceeds
received from the issuance of common stock pursuant to stock option exercises.

2009Net cash
used in financing activities of $23.6 million during 2009 was due to $29.4 million used to repurchase 1,827,193 shares of our common stock, partially offset by $5.0 million of non-cash excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation and $0.9
million of net proceeds received from the issuance of common stock pursuant to stock option exercises.

2008Cash provided by financing activities of $1.2 million during 2008 was due to $1.5 million of net proceeds
received from the issuance of common stock pursuant to stock option exercises, partially offset by $0.6 million utilized to repurchase 50,657 shares of our common stock.

Future Needs

We believe that cash generated from operations and our
current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our level of investment in technology
and advertising

initiatives. We currently do not have any bank debt, line of credit facilities or other borrowing arrangements. To the extent that available funds are insufficient to fund our future activities,
we may need to raise additional capital through public or private equity or debt financing to the extent such funding sources are available.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

The following table presents a summary of our future minimum payments under non-cancellable operating lease agreements and certain contractual service and licensing obligations as of December 31,
2010 (in thousands):

Years Ending December 31,

OperatingLeaseObligations

ServiceandLicensingObligations

TotalObligations

2011

$

3,789

$

357

$

4,146

2012

2,675



2,675

2013

494



494

2014

213



213

Total

$

7,171

$

357

$

7,528

Operating Lease Obligations

We lease certain of our office, operating facilities, equipment and furniture and fixtures under various operating leases, the latest of
which expires in October 2014. Certain of these leases have free or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize rent expense on our operating leases on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases, although actual cash payment obligations
under certain of these agreements fluctuate over the terms of the agreements.

During 2009, we extended the operating lease
for our facility in San Francisco, California for an additional five years, expiring in October 2014, and expanded the operating lease for our facility in China to include additional office space. In April 2010 we acquired an operating lease for our
PlanPrescriber facility in Maynard, Massachusetts, which expires in May 2013, and in September 2010 we entered into an operating lease for our new customer care center facility in Salt Lake City, Utah, which expires in February 2012.

Service and Licensing Obligations

We have entered into service and licensing agreements with third party vendors to provide various services, including network access, equipment maintenance and software licensing. The terms of these
services and licensing agreements are generally up to three years, the latest of which expires in June 2011. We record the related service and licensing expenses on a straight-line basis, although actual cash payment obligations under certain of
these agreements fluctuate over the terms of the agreements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, investments in special purpose entities or undisclosed borrowings or debt.
Additionally, we are not a party to any derivative contracts or synthetic leases.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for recently issued accounting standards that could have an effect on us.

Our financial instruments that are exposed to
concentrations of credit risk principally consist of cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2009 and 2010, our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities were invested as follows (in
thousands):

December 31,2009

December 31,2010

Cash (1)

$

7,085

$

11,663

Money market funds (2)

124,254

116,411

Bonds, commercial paper and certificates of deposit:

Government sector

17,891



Financial sector

3,054



Industrial sector

1,239



Total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

$

153,523

$

128,074

(1)

We deposit our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities in accounts with major banks and financial institutions and such deposits are in excess of federally
insured limits.

(2)

At December 31, 2009 and 2010 money market funds consisted of U.S. government-sponsored enterprise bonds and discount notes, U.S. government treasury bills and
notes and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government obligations.

During the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, net unrealized gains and losses incurred on our marketable securities were not significant, and we did not realize any losses on our marketable securities during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and
2010.

We do not require collateral or other security for our accounts receivable. As of December 31, 2010, two customers
represented 40% and 24%, respectively, for a total of 64% of our $10.8 million outstanding accounts receivable. No other customers represented 10% or more of our total accounts receivable. We believe the potential for collection issues with any of
our customers is minimal as of December 31, 2010. Accordingly, our allowance for uncollectible amounts at December 31, 2010 was not material.

Significant Customers

Substantially all revenue for the years ended
December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was generated from customers located in the United States. The following carriers (including carriers owned by them) represented 10% or more of our total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2009
and 2010:

To date, substantially all of our revenue has been derived from transactions denominated in United States Dollars. We have exposure to
adverse changes in exchange rates associated with operating expenses of our foreign operations, which are denominated in Chinese Yuan Renminbi. Foreign currency fluctuations have not had a material impact historically on our results of operations;
however, there can be no assurance that future fluctuations will not have material adverse effects on our results of operations. We have not engaged in any foreign currency hedging or other derivative transactions to date.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of eHealth, Inc. as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related
consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our
audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of eHealth, Inc. at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), eHealth,
Inc.s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria established in Internal ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our
report dated March 15, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Description of BusinesseHealth, Inc. (the Company, eHealth, we or us)
offers Internet-based health insurance agency services for individuals, families and small businesses in the United States, as well as technology licensing and Internet advertising services. Our services and technology enable individuals, families
and small businesses to compare and purchase health insurance plans from health insurance carriers across the nation. We began actively marketing the availability of Medicare related insurance plans during 2010 and we offer Medicare plan comparison
tools and educational materials for Medicare-related insurance plans, including Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans. The revenue we have generated in our Medicare plan business is primarily referral
fees paid to us based on leads generated by our online platforms that are delivered and sold to third parties. We are licensed to market and sell health insurance in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Principles of ConsolidationThe consolidated financial statements include the accounts of eHealth, Inc. and its
wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S.
GAAP).

Use of EstimatesThe preparation of consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with U.S.
GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those
related to, but not limited to, the useful lives of long-lived assets including property and equipment and intangible assets, fair value of investments, fair value of intangible assets, allowances for commission forfeitures payable to carriers,
valuation allowance for deferred income taxes, provision for income taxes, our assessment whether internal use software and website development costs will result in additional functionality and the assumptions used in determining stock-based
compensation. We base our estimates of the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Cash EquivalentsWe consider all investments with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of
purchase to be cash equivalents. We classify all of our cash equivalents as available-for-sale. Cash and cash equivalents are stated at fair value.

Marketable SecuritiesWe invest in accordance with a policy that seeks to preserve principal while maximizing income without significantly increasing risk. The policy limits investments
to certain types of securities issued by institutions with investment-grade credit ratings and places restrictions on maturities and concentration by type and issue. The policy also prohibits investing in certain types of instruments including
asset-backed securities, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized bond, debt and mortgage obligations, tax exempt securities, auction rate securities and derivatives. It is our policy to review our marketable securities on at least a quarterly
basis to determine if any security is not in compliance with our policy. Additionally, our investment managers are required to inform us within three business days of any credit rating downgrade resulting in non-compliance with our investment
policy.

All of our marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. Marketable securities are carried at
their fair value, based on quoted market prices or other available information, with unrealized gains and losses, net of taxes, reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in the accompanying consolidated

balance sheets. Realized gains and losses on marketable securities are recognized in earnings as a component of interest and other income, net in the consolidated statements of income and
comprehensive income. The cost of investments sold is based on the specific identification method.

We determine the
appropriate classification of our investments in marketable securities at the time of purchase and reevaluate such designation at each balance sheet date. In response to changes in the availability of and the yield on alternative investments, we may
sell certain securities prior to their stated maturities. Marketable securities that are available for use in current operations are classified as current assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets regardless of the remaining time to
maturity.

It is our policy to review our marketable securities on a regular basis to evaluate whether or not any security has
experienced an other-than-temporary decline in fair value. Our policy includes, but is not limited to, reviewing the length of time and extent to which the fair value